The West faces a reckoning with realism
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/31/the-west-faces-a-reckoning-with-realism/
Dominic Raab:
This short concentration span reflects a changing world. The bipolar certainties and solidarity of the Cold War have been overtaken by a more multipolar, complex, and fragmented world. The rise of the East – led by China and India – has reduced the West’s relative power. Polarised domestic politics, from Washington to Bratislava, have reasserted a more hard-headed appraisal of national self-interest. Negotiations stumble on relatively straightforward challenges: the EU and Australia can’t even agree a free trade deal. Internationalism in foreign policy is inevitably being eclipsed by sharper realism across national capitals.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/31/the-west-faces-a-reckoning-with-realism/
Dominic Raab:
This short concentration span reflects a changing world. The bipolar certainties and solidarity of the Cold War have been overtaken by a more multipolar, complex, and fragmented world. The rise of the East – led by China and India – has reduced the West’s relative power. Polarised domestic politics, from Washington to Bratislava, have reasserted a more hard-headed appraisal of national self-interest. Negotiations stumble on relatively straightforward challenges: the EU and Australia can’t even agree a free trade deal. Internationalism in foreign policy is inevitably being eclipsed by sharper realism across national capitals.