Geopolitics, War, Iran, Israel

Violent spectacles

The attempt to enforce American primacy by military means led to catastrophe in Helmand and Fallujah, just as Wall Street imploded at home. What has emerged from that failure is something more dangerous than either the Cold War order or the unipolar moment. The US may still be hegemonic in Europe, where obedient satraps like Merz and von der Layen genuflect to Washington, but for the rest of the world, America has stopped…