Also being thrown up in this competitive, entrepreneurial environment. few obstacles to change, european societies entered into a constantly upward spiral of economic growth and military effectiveness which, over time, was to carry them ahead of all the other regions in the globe. what paul kennedy is writing about in 1988, what dr. brzezinski wrote about throughout his entire life, it s playing out here. it s haunting. i mean, this is history rhein rheining. putin is losing the war and facing destruction while you have all these western states, all these european states that are free and open and competing, providing ukraine whatever they need to win. when, obviously, we thought they were going to lose after two, three days. yeah. can i use the word democracy ? we have had for so long, a