In a sense, our basic context and our frame of analysis for international affairs is the Cold War. And what the Cold War has done is centralize power into two distinct and resolute “centers of significance” as Stalin argued. To borrow from C. Wright Mills: “The history of modern society may most readily be understood as the … Continue reading Supersocieties
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The Neoliberal Consensus
“Anyone who believes it is possible to acquire comprehensive knowledge enabling him to control events has no knowledge, but only a pretense of knowledge.” That is the neoliberal worldview in a nutshell, namely, a mere pretense of knowledge. However, the neoliberal lacks the knowledge of the “totality” while needing to know the “rules” to “maintain … Continue reading The Neoliberal Consensus
Nostalgia
In fact, the whole post-World War II structure is based on a “silly competition with Russia” to borrow from Hayek. But as one historian argued: “In the neoliberal century, the Cold War was a sideshow to the main event of the rise of mass enfranchisement and the end of empire.” Hence, when we assess structure … Continue reading Nostalgia
Century of Humiliation
Unnecessary entanglements also made Washington lose sight of its most important international partnership and relationship, namely, the one with China. Without tending to the relationship properly as a result of unnecessary entanglements, the relationship can evolve into something quite dangerous, and in turn, China can become the biggest threat to the Eurocentric order, eclipsing and … Continue reading Century of Humiliation
Footnote to the post titled “Just-Surmounted Colonial Tutelage”
Interestingly, and as Kissinger highlighted, China sees the management of "barbarians" and the fostering of deference and the affirmation of its cultural superiority as its key aims and interests in the international system. There is a hierarchy in the world system, and China sits atop of it. That is simply the way things are, for … Continue reading Footnote to the post titled “Just-Surmounted Colonial Tutelage”
Adam A. Azim 