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Friday, December 16, 2022

International Affairs - Interesting Items

For Washington, self-imposed restraint will always be a contradiction in terms.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/12/13/the-united-states-couldnt-stop-being-stupid-if-it-wanted-to/
Stephen M. Walt, the Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Relations at Harvard University, notes:
“…defenders of U.S. primacy underestimate how hard it is for a powerful liberal country like the United States to limit its foreign-policy ambitions. I like the United States’ liberal values as much as anyone, but the combination of liberal values and vast power makes it nearly inevitable that the United States will try to do too much rather than too little”.
 
Tooze on the ‘Dramatic Reconceptualization’ of Europe
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/12/16/tooze-ukraine-russia-economy-reconceptualization/
 
Policymakers Can’t Afford to Spurn the Science of Prediction
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/fumbling-crystal-ball