Ross Douthat: From Moscow to Tehran, a crisis of illiberalism

The West is in decline, but there is no one ready to step up and take its place.

(Ivor Prickett | The New York Times) A house used by Russian forces in the village of Kamyanka, Ukraine on Oct. 1, 2022. The West and America are declining, decaying and internally divided, and Russia and China in particular represent potent alternatives to Western liberalism that stand ready to contend for global dominance, Ross Douthat writes.

| Oct. 10, 2022, 5:30 p.m.

| Updated: Oct. 11, 2022, 3:03 p.m.

Ross Douthat: From Moscow to Tehran, a crisis of illiberalism

The West is in decline, but there is no one ready to step up and take its place.

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