The Post-Global Economy
A succession of shocks over the past decade and a half have significantly reversed the dominant international economic trend of the post-Cold War era. Read More Here
Tag: Cold War
Containment Beyond The Cold War
Why did relations between Washington and Moscow deteriorate so badly? History is rarely monocausal, and the decay was the cumulative product of U.S. and Russian policies and politics over time. Read More Here
Can the Australia-India-Japan Strategic Triangle Counter China?
The evolution of the Indo-Pacific security structure, from the Cold War “Hub and Spokes” model to more networked comprehensive architecture, has featured growing security relationships among Australia, India, and Japan. Read More Here
The New Cold War – America, China, And The Echoes of History
Is the world entering a new cold war? Our answer is yes and no. Yes if we mean a protracted international rivalry, for cold wars in this sense are as old as history itself. Some became hot, some didn’t: no law guarantees either outcome. No if we mean the Cold War, which we capitalize because it originated […]
The Return Of Great-Power Proxy Wars
Throughout history, great powers have often competed by supporting proxy forces. The Cold War, for example, was hardly a “long peace” when one considers the numerous externally abetted, intrastate conflicts and shadow wars that took place. There is no reason to think that U.S. competition with China and Russia will be any different than earlier periods of […]
The U.S. Must Prepare For Great-Power Competition Once Again
Unlike the Cold War, where victory meant the implosion of the Soviet empire, this round of competition will be won when America as a thriving nation-state whose highest priority is the safety and welfare of its people is restored. Read More Here
Who Will Write The Next “Long Telegram?”
How can America cope with a rampant China when her own leaders do not believe that the country is worth defending? If they will not stand for a nation grounded in the universal principles of human dignity and individual freedom — and the one nation in history to offer a helping hand to all the […]
The Free World Died Of Covid-19
COVID Mania has turned the world’s sovereign states into one tyranny after another. And the authoritarian forces of the world won this second “Cold War” against its citizens without firing a shot. Some appear to be under the impression that the ruling class, which just finished the fastest rollup of power in human history, will […]
How the Cold War Shaped Bangladesh’s Liberation War
One factor that begs the attention of many is the United States’ role during Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971. Why did the United States choose to look away while its ally was involved in systematic massacres? Blood’s memoir and Bass’s investigative reporting seek to answer that question and, in so doing, highlight how the […]
The Heart Of The New Cold War
For decades after US President Richard Nixon’s historic trip to China, the West’s engagement with the country was defined by core security and economic interests, and only then by human rights. But in just the past few years, these priorities have been inverted. Read Here | Project Syndicate
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