The Age of Complacency: Sleepwalking Into the Dream of Endless Peace

The defining mistake of the post-Cold War era was not a policy error, a military decision, or a diplomatic failure; it was the misreading of history. An exceptional period of peace, prosperity, and Western dominance subtly came to be viewed as normal, while competition, scarcity, and geopolitical rivalry were increasingly treated as relics of an earlier age. This essay examines how that assumption emerged, why it proved to be so persuasive, and why the world that is now taking shape looks far more familiar to history than many expected.

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