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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

The Post-Cold War Era is Over

America must be consistent. It cannot pick and choose when to follow international law
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/10/america-ukraine-russia-international-law

Taming the Security Dilemma
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/new-world-order-avoiding-zero-sum-competition-by-dani-rodrik-2022-03
Dani Rodrik states:
Equally important are the stories that great powers tell themselves about their intentions, and how others perceive them. US and European policymakers view themselves in the international arena as well-intentioned benign actors. But when they talk about a “rules-based international order,” they forget how that order has been constructed to suit their own countries’ interests, and overlook their various transgressions of it. They do not realize – or are puzzled by the fact – that ordinary people in many non-Western countries regard Western powers as opportunistic, hypocritical, and motivated purely by selfishness.
 
China’s Russia Risk
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/03/xi-putin-friendship-russia-ukraine/626973/

As Russia’s Military Stumbles, Its Adversaries Take Note
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/politics/russia-ukraine-military.html