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Ummm...Since when was Cold War one big fight to create one liberal global market? I thought it was a twilight struggle to defeat Communism and save us from the Red Boot? 1/
Western free societies during Cold War characterized by mixed economies involving regulation of labor and capital mobility. fpri.org/article/2011/0… James Kurth offered great short picture here. 2/
Transnationalist liberalism became really ascendant in the 1990s. Washington Consensus etc. 3/
From a different political angle: amazon.com/gp/aw/d/039334… @rodrikdani
Last admin of Cold War - Reagan added “more trade barriers than any administration since Hoover” according to William @NiskanenCenter - econlib.org/library/Enc1/R…
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This @RichardHaass @WSJopinion piece really reflects the other primary int'l relations view: wsj.com/articles/dont-…. I'll quote a bit at length b/c it's clarifying. 1/
"A rising chorus of American voices now argues that confronting China should become the organizing principle of U.S. foreign policy, akin to the Cold War against the USSR. But this would be a major strategic error. It reflects an out-of-date mind-set that sees dealing..." 2/
"other major powers as US’s principal challenge. Today and for the century ahead, the most significant threats that we face are less other states than a range of transnational problems. After all, even if the U.S. successfully countered China, our security and prosperity..." 3/
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A thoughtful set of essays on "whither" conservative int'lism below from leading right of center foreign policy'ers.

Here's my contribution: reaganfoundation.org/reagan-institu…. Key points follow. 1/
Great power competition back b/c unipolarity over + US allies declining in global power share. Basically about rise of PRC. China is by far largest other state in intl system & will continue to grow. 2/
China is also located in world's increasingly most important region - Asia. Largest section of world econ. China's natural instinct which we are seeing in evidence is attempting to establish hegemony over its region - which is world's most important. 3/
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In discussion with @RHFontaine @CNASdc, @HawleyMO makes it clear: "normal everyday working Americans have had sense of where [China] is before chattering classes...I have been hearing about China for years" from constituents. It's Washington that is behind. @elyratner 1/
@RHFontaine @CNASdc @HawleyMO @elyratner Very clear message from @HawleyMO that regular working Americans "get" the China challenge. Their jobs & livelihoods have been under pressure from some time. If anything, the Beltway is the problem on China policy - not vice versa. 2/
@RHFontaine @CNASdc @HawleyMO @elyratner .@HawleyMO: Hong Kong is "the bellwether." Hong Kong matters for Americans because it's a signal of where China is heading. 3/
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