This post was co-authored with Samuel Rachlin. The race to cash in on the peace dividend after the collapse of communism has rendered us in the “democratic, free and liberal” west unprepared for the threats of the 21st century. There was no contingency planning for the breakdown of the world order, for the resurrection of the autocratic model, for democratic backsliding, for the rise of radical Islam and fascism. The smooth onslaught of democracy and in its wake, of a peaceful world, proved to be an illusion. The post-Cold War period now seems to have been such a brief interlude, …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
