Loosening the American grip on global power could be an essential first step towards achieving a more just and balanced international order.
- Professor of International Relations and Political Science, St. Thomas University (Canada)
Donald Trump is aggressively punishing America’s trading partners. As the U.S. pulls back from the global economy, China is stepping in.
A second Donald Trump presidency would not necessarily implement a foreign policy any more destructive than what is normal for the United States.
Western hostility towards China reflects the grudging realization that the West may not be the pinnacle of achievement after all.
The West no longer has credibility when it criticizes Russia, China or any other state for human rights abuses or breaches of international law due to its feeble response to Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Chinese technology advancements cannot be contained, and the country is increasingly an education and research powerhouse.
The Israeli attack on Gaza is undermining the West’s international standing, offering opportunities for China to enhance its regional and global diplomatic influence.
India is far from posing a threat to American power the way China is now. But if the West elevates India at China’s expense, it will eventually have to contend with Indian challenges.
A atual guerra em Gaza é um argumento a favor de um mundo multipolar, no qual os EUA têm menos influência e outras potências podem atuar como forças de compensação.
The current war in Gaza is an argument in favour of a multipolar world, one in which the U.S. has less influence and other powers can act as countervailing forces.
Western democracies can best help the world by doing more to live up to their highest ideals and approaching their relations with the rest of the world with humility borne from historical awareness.
Why have U.S. allies refused to grapple with American global violence, despite its horrific consequences and the fact that it clearly affects how the non-western world responds to the country?
NATO’s growing presence in the Pacific evokes a painful history that the western world has never confronted or fully acknowledged.
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