Ukraine, Russia and a new world order

ONE of my earliest recollections of war was Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1991. I recall it because whenever I would quarrel with my elder sister, my mother would refer to my sister as Iraq as she was older, myself as Kuwait and herself as America – the one attempting to make peace.

Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait was the high point in America's leadership and unquestioned position as the leader of the free world.