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Stephen Wertheim i RÆSONs nye trykte nummer: Spørgsmålet er ikke, om USA trækker sig fra Europa – men hvornår

”Der findes en illusion om at gå tilbage til dér, hvor vi var i historien: At normen er Joe Bidens niveau af amerikansk støtte og ledelse af Europa. Men historien antyder, at tingene er ved at ændre s...

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Well, I did just have to reread my book for a class and found myself learning way too much.

Thanks for your comments. I largely agree with them, except I think the issue is less that Biden (and Obama) needed to reassure allies upon taking office than that they didn't want to retrench and didn't seriously consider how to make retrenchment work and align with other U.S. goals.

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When 'internationalism' became a dirty word

Neocons and liberal interventionists have perverted the term to mean primacy and global power projection of the worst kind

Correct on both counts.