If China and Russia combine forces, they'd be a major threat to American hegemony

Michael Ignatieff is an author, former Liberal Party leader, and professor of history and rector emeritus of Vienna's Central European University. Ukraine has about a month before it runs out of artillery shells, and the U.S. Congress cannot agree to ship more. Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is dead. The slaughter in Gaza continues with no end in sight. The Yemeni Houthis are attacking ships in the Red Sea. The North Koreans are testing intercontinental ballistic missiles. In normal times, pessimism can look like an intellectual fad. In times like these, it becomes a starker form of realism. The post-1945…