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

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

Luke Harding's "Betrayal" begins at a turning point in a full-scale war: North Korean soldiers are preparing to join the largest land war in Europe since 1945. This is just another sign of a world returning to great power politics, where millions of people remain hostage to a system that should have died with the last century.

The book links high-level state intrigue with on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine, and examines how Donald Trump's strengthening of Vladimir Putin eroded the post-1945 rules-based order.

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