Brzezinski also highlighted an interesting contradiction which exists within the Chinese system, which is that the political system demands China be isolated in terms of the norms and rules of the prevailing international order, whereas its economic system demands openness to the world. Brzezinski contended that there is “no viable alternative to China’s continued openness … Continue reading A Sphere of Deference
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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 