Both sides against the middle,plus special sauce:(

The Russian government is trying to destabilize Western democracies.  Thus far, they seem to be doing a pretty good job.

Islamist extremists such as ISIS, the Taliban, Al-Queda, Boko Haram, etc., are also trying to destabilize, and/or conquer, Western democracies, and just about everyone else.

Top that off with the wild card, North Korea, and we have one heck of an indigestible sandwich.

Just when some of us thought that we'd made social progress, the world has gone backward, politically.  We're living in very dangerous times.