Don't Blame "Woke" Excess for Putin's Aggression

And don't bury the liberal order just yet

The unthinkable has happened: War is raging in Ukraine, where Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin is waging an all-out assault to crush a disobedient neighbor. There is a widespread sense that we are witnessing a historical moment, probably (as Noah Smith argues) the end of the post-World War II “Long Peace” and of post-Soviet Pax Americana—and perhaps even…