Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the parameters of the next round of global state-on-state security competition are now in full view. Long after history was declared to be at an end and America’s “unipolar moment” was so lyrically heralded, the world today looks nothing like such post-Cold War projections. The rules-based liberal global order has proved to be a chimera while the fundamentals of economic power as the foundation of military strength have once again been reaffirmed. Despite decades spent cajoling people to believe that they owe a higher allegiance to institutions transcending the nation-state, …read more
Source: The American Interest
