Andrew A. Michta
It has become something of a cliché in Washington policy debates that the world today is more unstable and dangerous than at any time since the end of the Cold War. But even this statement doesn’t fully capture the gravity of the situation, for the reality is that at no point during the post-Cold War era have we witnessed a surge of direct and proxy great power conflicts comparable to what we have seen in the past decade. Nor has deterrence failed so often in such a short period of time.
A Challenging Time in Global Affairs
In only the past three years, Russia invaded Ukraine for the second time, Hamas attacked Israel – the closest US ally in the Middle East – while Iran proceeded to launch an unprecedented direct attack on Israel. Today, the North Korean military is deployed in Ukraine – an Asian power and officially a non-combatant fighting in the largest war Europe has seen since 1945, with Washington seemingly at a loss as to how to respond.
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