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The Looming Imperial Crisis That Could Topple American Hegemony The Looming Imperial Crisis That Could Topple American Hegemony
Washington now finds itself facing three complex global crises, each demanding its undivided attention.
Mar 15, 2024 / Alfred McCoy
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A Second Trump Term Will Bring an End to the American Century A Second Trump Term Will Bring an End to the American Century
Another four years of Trump's "America first" diplomacy will destroy the country's already declining global power.
Jan 18, 2024 / Alfred McCoy
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What China Stands to Gain From Peace Talks What China Stands to Gain From Peace Talks
Growing geopolitical power is giving China both the motivation and potentially even the means to negotiate an end to the fighting in Ukraine.
Jun 16, 2023 / Alfred McCoy
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The Consequences of Underestimating China The Consequences of Underestimating China
Every step Beijing takes to consolidate its control over Eurasia weakens Washington’s presence and erodes its once formidable global power.
May 3, 2023 / Alfred McCoy
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The Devastating Consequences of a War Over Taiwan The Devastating Consequences of a War Over Taiwan
Cities devastated, untold thousands dead, and the global economy, with its epicenter in Asia, left in ruins—a war would be ruinous to the region and the world.
Mar 7, 2023 / Alfred McCoy
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The United States’ Global Power Is Fading Fast The United States’ Global Power Is Fading Fast
Becoming a primarily regional power is actually an opportunity to fundamentally reconsider relations with our home region, North America.
Jan 12, 2023 / Alfred McCoy
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What Do We Do in a Rapidly Heating World? What Do We Do in a Rapidly Heating World?
The climate and geopolitics are only getting hotter—both urgent existential threats.
Oct 19, 2022 / Alfred McCoy
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What We Can Learn From the Last Cold War What We Can Learn From the Last Cold War
There are indeed a number of parallels between our cold wars, old and new.
Jun 23, 2022 / Alfred McCoy
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This Is How We End the War in Ukraine This Is How We End the War in Ukraine
It’s time to finally deliver a bill to Vladimir Putin for a foreign policy that has involved little more than flattening one hapless city after another
Apr 21, 2022 / Alfred McCoy
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Russia and China, Together at Last Russia and China, Together at Last
At the core of recent conflicts is an entente between China and Russia that the world hasn’t seen since the start of the Cold War.
Mar 14, 2022 / Alfred McCoy