In many ways, de Gaulle foresaw the crisis Britain is now struggling to pull itself out of.
It appears more and more likely that a recession is coming, and it will have geopolitical consequences.
Elite universities are once again looking for social conformists rather than disrupters.
The countries that aligned to help protect Assad may be reconsidering their allegiances.
As the United States alters its strategy, the others will follow suit.
Putin has invoked the crisis to revive the perception of Russia as a superpower.
The NATO divide is not just a trans-Atlantic split but a European one as well.
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