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On the recordMay 8, 2017
Because the defining struggle of the 21st century is not, as many predicted, a clash of religious civilizations; it is instead a competition between democratic and autocratic systems of government.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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Identifies the main global conflict as one between democracy and autocracy.

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