Content contributed by:
Ben Rhodes
![](https://instituteforglobalaffairs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/s3e6_red_6328352860_0272bf873d_o-340x330.png)
The World We’ve Made: Ben Rhodes on Hypocrisy, Hubris, and Humiliation
For many, America’s Cold War victory validated the country’s self-image as a “shining city upon the hill,” whose democratic ideals were worthy of emulation. More than thirty years later, as authoritarianism and ultranationalism surge around…