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Friday, July 1, 2022

Who Gets to Create/Run the ‘Rules-Based Order’?

Andrew Sheng’s thought-provoking piece is worth reading:
Whose world? What order? Time has passed for the West to call the shots
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3183734/whose-world-what-order-time-has-passed-west-call-shots
 
The other side of US exceptionalism
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-exceptionalism-china-challenge-international-order-by-dani-rodrik-2022-06
Harvard economist Dani Rodrik offers a biting critique of US foreign policy:
To those who wonder why we should care about the decline of America’s relative power, US foreign-policy elites respond with a rhetorical question: Would you rather live in a world dominated by the US or by China? In truth, other countries would rather live in a world without domination, where smaller states retain a fair degree of autonomy, have good relations with all others, are not forced to choose sides, and do not become collateral damage when major powers fight it out. The sooner US leaders recognise that others do not view America’s global ambitions through the same rose-tinted glasses, the better it will be for everyone.  


The great paradox in the world today is that the “dumb simplicity” of America’s self-perception is both obviously bogus and fundamentally true.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/07/american-involvement-ukraine-trump-election/661460/

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