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Politics

State of mind

A whiplash tour of global crisis
by William Leben
April 2024, no. 463

The New World Disorder: How the West is destroying itself by Peter R. Neumann, translated by David Shaw

Scribe, $36.99 pb, 354 pp

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In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Remarkably, Ukraine fought an effective, close-run defensive campaign and the war turned into a quagmire for Vladimir Putin’s regime. As early as the following month, with the appalling revelations from Bucha of Russian atrocities, it was clear that this was – as they all are – a very dirty war. At the time of writing, the frontline exists in precarious stalemate and serious questions loom about the reliability of ongoing US-led material support, which is necessary for Ukraine to continue the resistance.

 


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The New World Disorder: How the West is destroying itself by Peter R. Neumann, translated by David Shaw

Scribe, $36.99 pb, 354 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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Comments

Patrick Hockey
Saturday, 06 April 2024 16:16
Seriously, it sometimes seems as though Plato never wrote a word and we are starting from scratch. Democracy and its Crisis by AC Grayling is a highly accessible reminder of the challenges, but it almost seems as though part of the dilemma is the impossibility of agreeing on the nature of the problem.

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