"What happens in Europe today impacts what happens in Asia tomorrow."
Agreed. The converse is also true. We live more than ever in an inter-connected world. Our shabby exit from Afghanistan no doubt gave some encouragement to Putin when he was considering whether to pull the trigger on his invasion of Ukraine. Hopefully, Mr. Trump will remember the heavy criticism his predecessor received over that abrupt exit that led to a renewed takeover of the Afghans by the Taliban. Handing over Ukraine to Putin would subject him to ten times more criticism because of Ukraine's far greater strategic importance in Europe. As mentioned in the piece, such a surrender would also subject us to further, larger dangers such as encouraging a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. It would also encourage Putin and his allies, the mullahs in Iran and the dictator in North Korea, to stir up more trouble and threats wherever they see an opportunity to undermine Western interests and values.
Unfortunately, it seems a sure bet that the next administration would not protect Taiwan from a Chinese invasion, so let's hope the deterrence is strong.
It seems to me that the conflict between the U.S. foreign policy that Trump and the Republican Party favor and the foreign policy that you and the Democratic Party is that the former foreign policy is based upon the Principles of Reasoning called "Entropy Minimax" by the late theoretical physicist Ronald Christensen in his seven folume treatise on this topic called "The Entropy Minimax Sourcebook whereas the foreign policy that you and the Democratic Party favor violates these Principles. Am I right?
"What happens in Europe today impacts what happens in Asia tomorrow."
Agreed. The converse is also true. We live more than ever in an inter-connected world. Our shabby exit from Afghanistan no doubt gave some encouragement to Putin when he was considering whether to pull the trigger on his invasion of Ukraine. Hopefully, Mr. Trump will remember the heavy criticism his predecessor received over that abrupt exit that led to a renewed takeover of the Afghans by the Taliban. Handing over Ukraine to Putin would subject him to ten times more criticism because of Ukraine's far greater strategic importance in Europe. As mentioned in the piece, such a surrender would also subject us to further, larger dangers such as encouraging a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. It would also encourage Putin and his allies, the mullahs in Iran and the dictator in North Korea, to stir up more trouble and threats wherever they see an opportunity to undermine Western interests and values.
Unfortunately, it seems a sure bet that the next administration would not protect Taiwan from a Chinese invasion, so let's hope the deterrence is strong.
Off topic a lot, but X is no longer relevant. Can you find your way to Bluesky?
Dear Prof. McFaul;
It seems to me that the conflict between the U.S. foreign policy that Trump and the Republican Party favor and the foreign policy that you and the Democratic Party is that the former foreign policy is based upon the Principles of Reasoning called "Entropy Minimax" by the late theoretical physicist Ronald Christensen in his seven folume treatise on this topic called "The Entropy Minimax Sourcebook whereas the foreign policy that you and the Democratic Party favor violates these Principles. Am I right?
Cordially
Terry Oldberg
Engineer/Scientist/Public Policy Researcher
Los Altos Hills, California
650-518-6636 ( mobile )
terry_oldberg@yahoo.com ( email )