In an address at CIS in Australia John Mearsheimer outlines the fix we are in. The first 21 minutes are devoted to Ukraine; the next 15 minutes to Israel.
The TL;DR version is
- The “unipolar moment” when the U. S. was the sole superpower extended from 1989 to 2017. It’s over now.
- Largely due to our mismanaged foreign policy, we have pushed the Russians towards the Chinese.
- The Ukraine cannot prevail in its war with Russia. The war will never end and we cannot disentangle ourselves from it.
- We are similarly entangled with Israel.
- Those two conflicts are distractions from dealing with the emerging situation in Asia.
What he does not say but I will is that our present predicament has been greatly aggravated by our own actions. Through a combination of hubris, those promoting American hegemony, and getting our foreign policy advice from the wrong people we are now in a very serious situation.
Poor Russia. They have no agency. They are always forced to do stuff by other countries. Guess it helps to have people who can make excuses for them, I mean, explain this to everyone.
Steve
Poor U. S. They have no agency. They are always forced to do stuff by other countries. Guess it helps to have people who can make excuses for them, I mean, explain this to everyone.
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