We are now living through the most dangerous time in the last 60 years. Domestically, we’ve been preoccupied with our rejection of critical race theory and policies which we are told will cool the planet. But in the real world beyond our borders, our planet is staggering towards global conflict. I don’t want to sound excessively alarmist. Wise leadership may save us from repeating the catastrophic misjudgements made by leaders in the summer of 1914. But the risks are there. Here’s why.

After 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended, the United States became the world’s only superpower and liberal democracy was not only the dominant political system but was spreading widely. That seems a long time ago.