Problems With Western Diplomacy
Of course, the major problem with the diplomacy of the collective West is that virtually all those countries—there are a few exceptions, like Hungary, and even Poland in certain respects—walk in lockstep with US diktats on policy. In no aspect of foreign policy is this more apparent than with regard to Russia. Alex Mercouris has spoken repeatedly of the…
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a year ago · 8 likes · 14 comments · Mark Wauck
Macgregor always enlightening. I think that any last vestiges of diplomacy died with the rise of “the Narrative” (as Forbes discussed earlier). Real diplomacy (as Mercouris rather amusingly describes Wang Yi’s encounters with the Euro heads at Munich) would pose a grave threat to the Narrative (we’re morally superior, saving democracy, Putin bad etc). God forbid the falcon could actually hear the falconer. But no, we seem to have perfected, in a rather short time, the art of bullying and strong-arming (Zhou) while claiming our motives are as pure as the driven snow. And the truth is, we’re drained, both morally and militarily. Enter the Chinese.