Post by account_disabled on Mar 4, 2024 6:50:31 GMT
Some people may even hate Henry Kissinger, and have a negative opinion of him. But what you can't do is ignore it, especially now. This is what Berry Guen argues in his book on Kissinger and his era "The Inevitability of Tragedy". In fact, not only do we not have the luxury of ignoring the elder statesman, who turned 97 in May, but we need him more than ever. We desperately need Kissinger's ideas and instincts on how to navigate a world that we now realize is not working very well, and probably never will. From Washington's point of view, the world has become Kissingerian again.
America's crusades are over, or at best weakened Cambodia Telegram Number Data and crumbling to their foundations. The Wilsonian crusade turned the sensitive containment of the Cold War into a futile and delusional battle against the myth of monolithic communism, ending badly with the Vietnam War. It was reburied in the post-Cold War era as a neo-Reaganian call to end "bad" regimes, ending tragically in Iraq. No one wants anything to do with transforming the world anymore. This is so true that Americans brought a bona fide neo-isolationist, Donald Trump, to the White House so that he could isolate their country from the world.
Read also: USA, inherits 700 thousand dollars from the will of the ex-boyfriend Trump mentions McGonigal, accuses Biden of ties to Russians The coronavirus crisis has accelerated Trump's agenda, inspiring a new wave of "America First" isolationism. Of course, the liberal international order and system of alliances that were created by the Second World War three quarters of a century ago still exist, and we will continue to use them. But mistrust among allies is high, cooperation is non-existent, and each country seems inclined to follow its own nationalist path. Global institutions such as the United Nations and the WTO are on bad terms with each other, while among nations, the great ideological battles are over, or at least have fallen into a deep hibernation.
America's crusades are over, or at best weakened Cambodia Telegram Number Data and crumbling to their foundations. The Wilsonian crusade turned the sensitive containment of the Cold War into a futile and delusional battle against the myth of monolithic communism, ending badly with the Vietnam War. It was reburied in the post-Cold War era as a neo-Reaganian call to end "bad" regimes, ending tragically in Iraq. No one wants anything to do with transforming the world anymore. This is so true that Americans brought a bona fide neo-isolationist, Donald Trump, to the White House so that he could isolate their country from the world.
Read also: USA, inherits 700 thousand dollars from the will of the ex-boyfriend Trump mentions McGonigal, accuses Biden of ties to Russians The coronavirus crisis has accelerated Trump's agenda, inspiring a new wave of "America First" isolationism. Of course, the liberal international order and system of alliances that were created by the Second World War three quarters of a century ago still exist, and we will continue to use them. But mistrust among allies is high, cooperation is non-existent, and each country seems inclined to follow its own nationalist path. Global institutions such as the United Nations and the WTO are on bad terms with each other, while among nations, the great ideological battles are over, or at least have fallen into a deep hibernation.