The year-end reviews will be showing up in all the newspapers any day now and the overthrow of Syrian mass murderer Bashar Assad will surely feature prominently. What is unlikely to make the news is any sudden realization among the enfeebled political classes of the NATO capitals that what has happened here goes well beyond the complete geopolitical re-ordering of the Greater Middle East.

Ukraine, Taiwan and Kurdish forces in Syria seem to go unnoticed by the distracted and enfeebled political classes of the West{ai:summary}<p>The impending year-end reviews will highlight the overthrow of Syrian leader Bashar Assad, a significant event in the geopolitical landscape. However, it is doubtful that NATO political leaders will recognize the broader implications of this shift for the Greater Middle East. </p><p>#foreignaffairs</p>

Terry Glavin: NATO sleepwalks away from the problems of its bloodied global allies

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