A month after the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov even declared “this is not about Ukraine at all, but the world order.”“The current (war) is a fateful, epoch-making moment in modern history,” he continued. “It reflects the battle over what the world order will look like.”As Ukraine's Western allies grapple with how far they can go in supporting the embattled country against a war of total annihilation, Russia's intent reveals not only a profound contempt for the Ukrainian people, their history, and culture but also a broader aspiration to reshape the world into a landscape marked by the erosion of individual freedoms and consolidation of power at the top.In her latest book, “Autocracy, Inc.,” U.S.