It follows that in the international state system, it is all about core goals and objectives. But when the goals and objectives of various states do not align with one another, they enter into a state of war. And as we mentioned or suggested before, the core goal or objective of the United States is … Continue reading Guilty as Charged
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The Problems of Limited War
Everything began with Washington’s limited wars, and in the end, everything will revolve around them as well. And what followed is a failure of “deterrence,” with deterrence amounting to stopping others from doing what they wish to do. Washington's core objective for decades has been to stop others from doing what they want to do. … Continue reading The Problems of Limited War
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
And as mentioned before, the main beneficiaries of the basic change or shift in the global balance of power are none other than Donald Trump, Russia, and China. The decline or the diminution of liberalism as a global “epistemological regime” has led to the rise of new actors and powers in the international system. For … Continue reading A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
The Dilemma of American Security
The balance of power also undermines conventional thinking in terms of how the Western capitalist model of what is none other than extraction and exclusion renders the West superior over all others. The fact of the matter is that the East can also develop without having to resort to the Western capitalist model of extraction … Continue reading The Dilemma of American Security
Master Trends
The moral of the story is that liberalism as a global “epistemological regime” has failed, and in turn, a power vacuum has been left behind. The challenge is in finding something from within the West which can replace liberalism as an “epistemological regime” or borrow something from outside of the West which can then replace liberalism as … Continue reading Master Trends
Adam A. Azim 