Tag: Cold War

[T]he international balance of power has shifted substantially, altering America’s global position.

The rise of transactional unilateral diplomacy—most visibly associated with U.S. President Donald Trump—has exposed structural vulnerabilities in the alliance system.

By the time Trump emerged, the post-Cold War consensus had already lost much of its social, economic, and strategic foundation.

Increased power, perhaps counterintuitively, appears to breed increased fear of weaker competitors.

[T]he growing presence of Russia, China and Iran in Latin America is becoming a serious national security threat to the United States.

The liberal world order is officially over.

[T]he erosion of the post-1945 international rules is real and alarming, but so far enough people still remember why we made them in the first place.

[A]verage Americans do not care whether other countries are democratic or autocratic. What matters to them is that they keep their jobs.

Countries that cherish democratic values need to take a stand against the president-elect’s throwback to unabashed American expansionism.

[P]erhaps the world is facing a new era of … Mutually Assured Destruction, only a different style.

Camp David represented Carter's personal peacemaking triumph.