... was just a few years ago.
History knows many examples of revolutionary transformations of regional and even global systems of international relations.
Yet, today’s situation has no historical precedents in many respects. In the past, the natural algorithm ... ... status during the war, to define new rules of the game in international affairs. This was the case with the inauguration of the Westphalian system (1648), the Vienna system of the European Concert (1815), the Versailles system (1919) and the Yalta-Potsdam ...
... today have less influence on the decisions being taken in Washington, Brussels and other European capitals.
In my view, ‘realism’ is alive and well in Washington, D.C. and beyond, despite cringing slightly when reading the term “the West”, as if several countries with hundreds of cultures and languages can be defined as a single entity, with similar interpretations of geopolitics, let alone effective international relations.
However, U.S. foreign diplomacy appears lost at sea, undirected by bi-partisan purpose and expertise, as demonstrated by post-Cold War America’s reliance on unilateralism, the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the ongoing ...
