Why the West is a Wounded Civilisation

The Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars have inflicted a fatal wound on the new Western world order. At first glance, this seems improbable. The United States and its Western allies are dominant globally, both militarily and economically. Russia is being systematically weakened by Western sanctions and a deadlocked war in Ukraine. Israel, the West's blood ally in the Middle East, is pounding Hamas out of existence. Washington's principal rival China, is in economic and demographic retreat. The West's hegemony, established after the collapse of the Ottoman Caliphate a hundred years ago, seems unstoppable. A closer look reveals three cracks in the…