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Under present conditions, Washington seeks leverage without entanglement. Restraint persists not from trust, but from calculation.
0When political legitimacy becomes contingent on recognition by a superpower, populations lose their right to self-determination and democracy becomes a selective tool.
0The Washington Post Guild, the staff union, questioned Bezos' commitment, saying that if he is no longer willing to invest in its mission, the institution needs a steward who understands it.
0Trump claims that it was due to America's generosity and protection that other countries benefited and raised their living standards, while the United States itself gained nothing.
0[R]epublican democracy in America proved easier to attain but more superficial and fragile.
0Huckabee is also a compulsive warmonger. At a time when his boss, Trump, is pushing for a deal with Iran, Huckabee clearly wants war.
0A new nuclear arms race looms on the horizon.
The greatest challenges to be faced are the relationship with the U.S., our ally, and the relationship with China, our neighbor.
[I]f China can lead by example in helping to maintain or even reshape the international order, it will succeed in filling the void left by the United States.
[The Trump era] is marked as much by policies that endanger vulnerable populations as by political bravado.
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