1014 and the American Council on Germany invite experts from both sides of the Atlantic to virtual conversations. Liberal democracies are already under pressure to find ways in which to engage autocratic regimes to solve global crisis such as the ongoing pandemic and mounting climate change, but Putin’s war in Ukraine has underscored another challenge to democracy. Will the liberal, rules-based world order survive this blatant breach of sovereignty and humanitarian law that multilateral organizations have been unable to prevent or stop?