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Bruno Maçães
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It takes a sort of Kissingerian discipline so contrary to US instincts it is, but the best way for the US to counter China may well be to rely on Europe + Russia or India as independent poles
themoscowtimes.com/2019/04/24/syr…
Here is Kissinger
But this is not balancing a la Britain in nineteenth century (where the power to be balanced in already there). Nor is it divide and rule. It is actually building a new map, creating a new world
Also Kissinger
But how can the US build Europe up as a global political and military actor? Trump’s approach is an improvement on what we had before, but on its own seems insufficient
Suppose Trump was president in 2013 and told Europeans Ukraine was their problem. Would that have moved them towards a common foreign and security policy? One has to doubt. The shock element may be necessay but not sufficient
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How should the US manage Russia? After a week of interesting conversations in Russia: trust is irreparably broken and Russia has become toxic in American politics, but surely pushing it towards China is not smart politics for the US. How to square that circle?
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Since it became a world power around 1900 US had a single, permanent strategic goal: prevent a single power from controlling the whole of Eurasia
Interestingly the first half century the danger came from Europe. Thus the US actively prevented European powers from gobbling up China. And then it allied itself with the Soviet Union to prevent Nazi Germany from controlling Ukraine, the Caucasus and ultimately India
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