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An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove: the Principles that Defined the American Age

... next war. This cycle had perpetuated in Europe for centuries. Any peace treaty, and the very paradigm of diplomacy, implied bargaining, maximizing the benefits of war or minimizing its damage, but not a fight on war itself. In this sense, Wilson’s Fourteen Points stood out in that they set forth the founding principles of international relations that were supposed to put an end to war as a phenom-enon, making it impossible. The most important principles were: abandoning secret diplomacy; reducing ...

15.01.2018

Seven Debates over the Fourteen Points

... Billion”? Ilya Ivanov: Are Norms Liberal? The principles of openness and universalism are the most important basis of the Fourteen Points and all subsequent projects of the liberal world order. Wilson’s political philosophy was unequivocally and ... ... and his successors are seen as supporters of global unification and enemies of individuality and group identity. Are these accusations justified? The conflict between universalism and individuality is unsubstantiated if universalism is understood as a ...

15.01.2018

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    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
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    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
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