Foreign Policy, Cretinism and Decadence

Do We Want to Disprove Putin’s Prophecy of the Collapse of Democracies?

Flags honoring Ukrainian victims murdered by Russia. Maidan Square, Kyiv, May 25, 2023. Photo: Nicolas Tenzer

Almost fifty years ago, the philosopher and—because he was first and foremost a philosopher—theorist of international relations, Raymond Aron, wrote a book (1977) with the ironic title Plaidoyer pour une Europe décadente (A Plea for a Decadent Eu…