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 →

What Xi’s China Wants

In short, complexity, paradox, and uncertainty. China’s complex and strategic move, orchestrated and initiated by Xi Jinping and aimed at closing China’s system from the West politically and ideologically while seeking good relations with the United States, is essentially a paradox that comes with no certain resolution. In turn, America’s attempt to retain empire on … Continue reading What Xi’s China Wants →

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” →