Niall Ferguson: So Binary on This Historic Choice

NIALL FERGUSON

„ This choice will be the choice between a republic and an empire “

Published on May 4th, 2024 | Reading time: 12 minutes

From Sascha Lehnartz

Chief correspondent

Niall Ferguson considers the current student protests to be more dangerous than the late 1960s

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The protests at the US universities are not directed solely against Israel, historian Niall Ferguson believes. Rather, they raise the question of what the West actually stands for. At the same time, they mainly benefit the Republicans, as a historical example shows. There is a lot at stake in autumn.