The author points out the importance of winning the war of ideas to defend the values ​​of liberalism with vigilance and humility at a time when international cooperation is needed to solve critical global problems. Ultimately, he hopes that authoritarianism, as an initially imperfect system, will collapse, but with great losses and destruction. Decades in power lead to megalomania and paranoia. The fall will come when incompetence in crisis management at home and abroad is demonstrated, as was most recently seen in the cases of Putin and Erdogan.

* Mr. Achilleas Paparsenos worked at the Greek Embassy in Washington DC as Head of Public Relations and Press.