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Since 1945, the United States and its allies crafted and maintained an order that while neither fully liberal nor fully international, established rules that kept the peace among the great powers ...

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Academic Dean @dandrezner.bsky.social co-authors a piece for @foreignaffairs.com titled "Trump's Year of Anarchy: The Unconstrained Presidency and the End of American Primacy." @profsaunders.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state ...

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-- The Fletcher School (@fletcherschool.bsky.social) Jan 20, 2026 at 4:50 PM

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"The foundations of American power are rooted in the rule of law at home and credible commitment abroad, the very things that Trump has attempted to dismantle.

Trump's gutting of foreign aid and the infrastructure of U.S. scientific and technological dominance, his dangerous confrontation with stalwart European allies, and, most damaging of all, his use of the military and federal security forces to consolidate his domestic authority will, in the long run, undermine American power.

Estranged allies are already reaching out to China and one another to hedge against an erratic United States.

Whether these actions succeed or not, they weaken the United States and make China relatively more attractive for smaller powers seeking security. In Trump's zero-sum global order, it is the United States that will eventually pay the price."

from the Foreign Affairs article at the link

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-20 01:36 PM | Reply

Mr Trump, if your objective was to make even American allies hate your country, mission accomplished!!

#2 | Posted by crisisstills1 at 2026-01-22 04:54 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Republicans, especially Boaz, made it very clear they were voting to abandon the US-led World Order and pull Jack Nicholson's character from A Few Good Men off that wall.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-22 05:10 PM | Reply

I'll be the first to admit that DJT's Handler in Moscow has gotten everything he could have ever hoped for... the weakening of NATO which was his dream from day one, the US reviled around the globe, the US people divided at home, and economic turmoil around the corner.

Thanks, Trumpers! Vlad loves the S out of you.

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-22 06:22 PM | Reply

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