William Tyler
Victory in the Cold War Creates its Own Problems
Summary
The fall of the Soviet Union and its communist satellites was initially seen as ushering in a new age of democracy and world peace. However, the optimism of the succeeding decades has long since dissipated as the world enters into what many refer to as the New Cold War or the New Great Game, a new world order far more unstable than its predecessor.
William Tyler
William Tyler has spent his entire professional life in adult education, beginning at Kingsgate College in 1969. He has lectured widely for many public bodies, including the University of Cambridge and the WEA, in addition to speaking to many clubs and societies. In 2009, William was awarded the MBE for services to adult education, and he has previously been a scholar in residence at the London Jewish Cultural Centre.
Of course, and you can say that was like Hitler going into the Rhineland. It’s only afterwards that you realise you should have stood up. In hindsight Obama should have the same way that Britain and France should have have stood up to the invasion of the Rhineland.
It’s to their own forces, which are part of NATO. Britain is putting 2.5% and there’s huge arguments that it should go immediately to 3%. We are putting the most in and it’s a joke across Europe. The Americans are well in their rights to criticise Europe.
Religious fundamentalism is exactly what Fukuyama was saying in his book The End of History. We have to deal with religion, it isn’t only Muslim fundamentalism, there’s Christian fundamentalism as well.