As The West Totters, The Power Of The Global Autocracy Grows: Anne Applebaum and the stifling scent of corruption.
I am writing this at the darkest time for “the West” since the end of the Cold War. Indeed, the crisis is so deep we don’t even know what “the West” is anymore.
The best one can say now is that “the West” is not a geographical entity but a state of mind. There are people who believe in free elections, the rule of law, and an independent media and judiciary, and those who don’t.
And those who don’t are everywhere in the ascendant. As things stand, Russian forces are pulverising Ukraine, and the anti-Trump forces in the US are in disarray.
Joe Biden belatedly admitted yesterday what was obvious months ago: the voters believe that he is too old to secure a second term. He may have left it too late for his party to win under a new leader. No one knows if Kamala Harris, the only possible replacement, has the time and the skill to achieve victory
I am writing this at the darkest time for “the West” since the end of the Cold War. Indeed, the crisis is so deep we don’t even know what “the West” is anymore.
The best one can say now is that “the West” is not a geographical entity but a state of mind. There are people who believe in free elections, the rule of law, and an independent media and judiciary, and those who don’t.
And those who don’t are everywhere in the ascendant. As things stand, Russian forces are pulverising Ukraine, and the anti-Trump forces in the US are in disarray.
Joe Biden belatedly admitted yesterday what was obvious months ago: the voters believe that he is too old to secure a second term. He may have left it too late for his party to win under a new leader. No one knows if Kamala Harris, the only possible replacement, has the time and the skill to achieve victory
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