New Cold War: Western Leaders Must Form a United Front to Counter Looming Threats

Commentary There are two forces that produce group solidarity and cohesion. The first is a shared identity, founded on a common heritage or mutual affection. The second is a common enemy. As long as the old USSR was the common enemy of the West, the Euro-Atlantic world was forced to hang together out of fear of total destruction. And the unity of the West, based on a common heritage, freedoms, and democratic norms, was opposed to the tyranny, oppression, and nihilism of the Soviet empire. Though we may not always have lived up to our values and ideals, they were right and worth defending....