To say that Western democracies have been put on the defensive in the past decade is an understatement. To future historians, it may seem shocking to what extent the terms of political debates in the world’s wealthiest, most powerful countries are being dictated by their much weaker adversaries. The Russia- and Iran-led war in Syria unleashed a refugee wave that almost unraveled the European Union and certainly contributed to the result of the 2016 Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom. The crisis was brought to an end partly through the EU’s commitment to bribe the strongman in Ankara, Recep Tayyip …read more
Source:: The American Interest
