A geopolitical earthquake has shaken US leadership in the world — Russia and China stand to benefit
October 26, 2019 at 15:48 PM EDT
From Syria to Ukraine, and from Afghanistan to Africa, the tectonic plates are shifting in a manner that threatens not only the credibility and durability of US global leadership but also the democratic values, the Western institutions and the alliance structures that it has inspired for the past seventy years and since World War II.