Behind the West’s Collective Failure to Prepare for the Trouble We Now Face

Chinese soldiers march past Tiananmen Square before a military parade in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2015. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

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In 1992, both writer and scholar Francis Fukuyama and Disney’s film “Aladdin” promised us “a whole new world.” Thirty-two years later, the world seems much worse than anyone expected, and 2024 may prove to be a major turning point.