Luke Harding's 'Betrayal' charts the collapse of the rules-based order — and who is to blame

Luke Harding’s “Betrayal” begins with a turning point in the full-scale war: North Korean soldiers getting ready to join the biggest land war in Europe since 1945. It is just one more sign of a world reverting to Great Power politics, where millions of people are left hostage to a system that should have died with the last century.

The book ties high-level state intrigue to on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine, examining how Donald Trump's emboldening of Vladimir Putin has eroded the post-1945 rules-based order.

Photo: Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images; Collage: The Kyiv Independent.