WORLDJun 28 · 12:00 UTCTHE ATLANTICSimon Sebag Montefiore

The Comfort Democracies Confront the Control States

The article discusses the end of a 70-year global peace era, marked by the Ukrainian war and Middle East conflicts, signaling a shift from democratic dominance to rising autocracies. It highlights the resurgence of autocratic 'Control States' and the erosion of liberal democratic world order, referencing historical concepts like Ibn Khaldun's 'asabiyya' to explain societal cohesion.

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