The West responded to the invasion with a show of unity not seen since the height of the Cold War. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s historic miscalculation to attack Ukraine has reminded them not just of their shared interests and values but also of the importance of acting collectively. Washington and its allies now have a chance to correct that mistake. dominance to deepen and strengthen the rules-based order, the West let that system wither. Rather than using the unique moment of U.S. As time went on, however, habits of collaboration eroded, and the sense of common purpose faded. allies believed they had escaped the tragedy of great-power politics and had entered an era of self-enforcing rules. Washington believed that its unquestioned primacy allowed it to determine the future of other countries as well as its own. In the heady days after the Cold War, the order appeared both unchallenged and unchallengeable. History was not supposed to play out this way.
President Joe Biden said in Warsaw in March, the West now faces “a battle between democracy and autocracy, between liberty and repression, between a rules-based order and one governed by brute force.” Both countries want to remake the order to serve their autocratic interests. Russia is not content to be a responsible stakeholder in a system set up by others, and neither is China, which has supported Moscow’s aggression. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine confirmed what has long been apparent: the rules-based order created after World War II is at risk of collapse.
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