It's also strange that the author discards everything prior to 1989 with "Well, that was just the West." To the extent that small-l liberalism is crumbling, it'

It's also strange that the author discards everything prior to 1989 with "Well, that was just the West." To the extent that small-l liberalism is crumbling, it's largely from the inside in Western democracies; foreign policy doesn't just spring into being from empty space.