ICYMI @stephenWalt for @ForeignPolicy
Our "vast military establishment is very effective at protecting the US homeland & deterring large-scale aggression... It is not very good at running other countries & remaking them in its image"
foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/28/wha…
Our "vast military establishment is very effective at protecting the US homeland & deterring large-scale aggression... It is not very good at running other countries & remaking them in its image"
foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/28/wha…
@stephenWalt
"The most important task is addressing climate change.
..flooded coastlines, millions displaced, whole regions uninhabitable, trillions of dollars of lost wealth -- would make the problems the FP community has been fretting about for the past 25 years seem trivial"
"The most important task is addressing climate change.
..flooded coastlines, millions displaced, whole regions uninhabitable, trillions of dollars of lost wealth -- would make the problems the FP community has been fretting about for the past 25 years seem trivial"
@stephenWalt
"The other critical issue is China.. In purely geopolitical terms, China is the most serious competitor the US has faced since it became a great power..
having lots of allies is not an asset if most of them are weak, hard to control, and difficult to defend"
"The other critical issue is China.. In purely geopolitical terms, China is the most serious competitor the US has faced since it became a great power..
having lots of allies is not an asset if most of them are weak, hard to control, and difficult to defend"
"The US must also cooperate w/ China.. the surest way to screw this up is to treat Sino-American relations as a life-or-death struggle btw 2 alternative models of capitalism & to make toppling of the Chinese Communist Party its ultimate objective"
(Ok, just read the piece)
(Ok, just read the piece)
Ok one more ☝️
@stephenWalt: Don't take on China & Russia together
"Geopolitics 101: In a multipolar world, encouraging the other poles to combine against you is just plain dumb.. A less paranoid relationship would be in Europe’s interest, Russia’s interest & US interest too"
@stephenWalt: Don't take on China & Russia together
"Geopolitics 101: In a multipolar world, encouraging the other poles to combine against you is just plain dumb.. A less paranoid relationship would be in Europe’s interest, Russia’s interest & US interest too"
I lied, here's 1 more (too many gems) 💎
"If Beijing can trade, invest & negotiate w/ Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia & the UAE why can’t DC? Talking to everyone would encourage these countries to be more attentive to our wishes instead of enabling them to take US support for granted"
"If Beijing can trade, invest & negotiate w/ Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia & the UAE why can’t DC? Talking to everyone would encourage these countries to be more attentive to our wishes instead of enabling them to take US support for granted"
OK end of article
"To sum up: Ending the current 'forever wars' is not enough.. requires understanding how they came about & why they failed & then developing a positive agenda for US foreign policy that internalizes these lessons & recognizes what US power can & cannot achieve"
"To sum up: Ending the current 'forever wars' is not enough.. requires understanding how they came about & why they failed & then developing a positive agenda for US foreign policy that internalizes these lessons & recognizes what US power can & cannot achieve"
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