By Marshall Auerback This post was originally published on AlterNet The breakdown in the Sino-U.S. trade talks has led a number of commentators to suggest that America’s “unipolar moment” of post-Cold War preeminence is over, as Washington lashes out against a rising China, whose economic rise threatens America’s historic dominance. Direct military violence is highly unlikely, given the inherent fragility of high-tech civilization. We therefore may see Cold War–style conflict between the two superpowers, as relations in trade or national security matters become increasingly poisoned.
Fantastic article. He really sums up so much of what has been unfolding the last 10 years. Links are great, and need time to read them.
One question for anyone reading: I don't understand the very last sentence - "Nation-states are not going to disappear, but the narrowly destructive forces unleashed by Trump and his populist counterparts in the rest of the world do not represent a viable alternative."
Trump doesn't represent a viable alternative to what, exactly? To nation states? or to nation states disappearing?
Fantastic article. He really sums up so much of what has been unfolding the last 10 years. Links are great, and need time to read them.
One question for anyone reading: I don't understand the very last sentence - "Nation-states are not going to disappear, but the narrowly destructive forces unleashed by Trump and his populist counterparts in the rest of the world do not represent a viable alternative."
Trump doesn't represent a viable alternative to what, exactly? To nation states? or to nation states disappearing?