The Lost Peace

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The Cold War ended in victory for the West, but the peace that followed has proven fragile. Over the last thirty years, a mix of economic, strategic, and political missteps has paved the way for a turbulent new global order marked by instability and conflict.

Henrik Dahl exposes the West's critical misjudgments that have shaped today’s challenging geopolitical landscape.

In The Lost Peace, Henrik Dahl, a respected Danish author and Member of the European Parliament, critiques the failures of Western leadership since the Cold War’s end. He highlights four key miscalculations:

• Underestimating and misunderstanding Russia after the Soviet Union’s collapse.
• Believing that economic integration alone would bring democracy to China.
• Clashing Western idealism with the realities of political Islam in the Middle East.
• Failing to recognize energy as a powerful geopolitical tool, especially in Europe.

Dahl argues that while the Cold War was won, the peace that followed was lost, leading to a world beset by energy crises, ongoing Middle Eastern conflicts, and the rise of authoritarian powers like Russia and China.

Born in 1960, Henrik Dahl has served in the Danish Parliament and currently represents Denmark in the European Parliament. With a background in sociology and a career as an author and commentator, he resides between Copenhagen and Brussels.

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