The West’s dominance is a dangerous delusion


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Photo by the Press Service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS David Cameron has promised that the UK will support Ukraine for “however long it takes”. For someone with an estimated political afterlife of approximately one year, this is a promise bordering on delusion. There is always an election or some other intruding event on the wrong side of our allies’ time horizon. The future in Ukraine and the Middle East holds many possibilities. A glorious victory is one. But so is total defeat. The West might lose its proxy wars in both Ukraine and Israel, and...