Is America a Global Winner or a Global Loser?
... unattainable US political gains will naturally deflate. It would not be a gross overstatement to argue that tor the US, the Ukrainian crisis has become a kind of political anesthetic that allowed Washington to brush aside many of its long-term problems ... ... but rather as disciplined decision-takers with somewhat limited sovereignty. This is not a very appealing vision of the future world order for aspiring nations in the Global South trying to position themselves not as speechless objects, but as vocal subjects ...