The Lost Peace: How the West Failed to Prevent a Second Cold War

The end of the Cold War was an opportunity – our inability to seize it has led to today’s renewed era of great power competition

1989 heralded a unique prospect for an enduring global peace, as harsh ideological divisions and conflicts began to be resolved. Now, three decades on, that peace has been lost. With war in Ukraine and increasing tensions between China, Russia, and the West, great power politics once again dominates the world stage. But could it have been different?

Richard Sak...