Mishpacha’s experts predict the year ahead
Like a cross between a goldfish and an ostrich, America will spend 2024 both burying its head in the sand as geopolitical storms rage and losing interest in whatever foreign policy moves it has already undertaken. The results won’t be pretty: an emboldened Iran left to spread its devilry across the Middle East, Ukraine struggling to repel a resurgent Russia, and conceivably a Chinese assault on Taiwan.
Bold predictions? Hardly. What used to be known as the liberal world order is under attack by the revisionist powers, but the West prefers to douse pockets of flame, while ignoring the fact that the forest is ablaze.
Start with the goldfish effect. Even before Congressional deadlock shut off the Ukraine aid tap, it wasn’t lost on Moscow that the Western-led effort was running out of steam. First, Ukraine’s long-awaited summer offensive fizzled. Then, Kyiv’s defense chief admitted that his country was out of options.
The failure wasn’t just due to Moscow’s overwhelming power; it was also a function of the Biden administration’s ambivalence over the war. The US has supplied large amounts of weaponry, but the hesitance to go all-out to defeat Russia has been palpable.
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