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Professor Petro makes some very salient points. The West cannot let go of the concept of containment which developed after the Postdam Conference. The US is still trying to maintain its hegemonic position without any recognition in the changing landscape from unipolarity to a multicivilizational and multipolar world. In the process, the US has over-reached and is alienating many countries who are increasingly looking towards alternate forms of association, such as BRICS and the Belt and Road Initiative.

I agree with Dr. Petro that we indeed need to conceive of a new foreign policy that takes these developments into account based on "strategic empathy, civilizational engagement, and diplomacy," the latter which seems to be not only obvious but, sadly, absent.

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Deena Stryker's avatar

Its determination to 'contain' every other power will result in the isolation of the United States. Europe will align with the rest.

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