Sanctions, weapons and the UN: why Putin’s war can strengthen the democratic West

LONDRA – Given in decline or even doomed to the rise of China and the era of autocracies, the democratic West seems to emerge strengthened from the war in Ukraine. This is the thesis expressed this morning by Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief international affairs commentator, shared by political leaders and other observers. But threats remain on the horizon in the global challenge between liberal democracies and totalitarianisms.