Fareed Zakaris writes, “the most worrying challenge to the rules-based international order does not come from China, Russia, or Iran. It comes from the United States.”
If America retreats, in each of these three areas, aggression and disorder will rise, Zakaria says. As a result, 2024 might be a year in which the ugly, polarized politics on Capitol Hill ends up shaping the world in which we will live for decades to come.