One very important difference between 1938 and today is that in 1938 leaders could not imagine the carnage of WW2 and they did not yet possess an institution that could offer hope in avoiding the menace of war - the United Nations. This makes the current giving up on the UN particularly tragic. It is easy to understand why the powerful USA would want to weaken and otherwise not be constrained by this great institution. It is foolish for the middle and lesser powers to accept this abandonment of perhaps the greatest achievement of the greatest generation. As a proud Canadian, and supporter of PM Carney, I would like to hear less about rupture in the international order and more about like minded cooperation. If the middle powers can cooperate to balance the economic might of the USA, surely they can cooperate to save and strengthen the UN based order, including cooperation, not conflict, with countries like China, one of our great allies in WW2.