The economic liberalism that the world took for granted has given way to the White House’s attempt to gain sectarian control over institutions, as well as government intervention into private companies,
Russia’s exit on November 7, 2023, from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), with the U.S. and NATO partners suspending their participating in the treaty highlights real concerns.
[I]n a virtual meeting with the Ukraine Defense Contact Group to discuss ... aid and the allies’ intentions, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s absence was striking.