Why was Sweden not taken into the Western military alliance? In 1949, when NATO was established, the principle of decision-makingadoptedby the members was that of “consensus,” which means thatallcountries must agree to any decision; this consensus decision-making applies particularly to the ques...
U.S. President Joe Biden has said multiple times that the United States would intervene militarily if China were to attempt to change the status quo by force -- which goes directly against what was agreed by the United States and China back in the 1970s when relations were re-established....
and there was some interesting controversy at the time because he was reaching out to the Swedes, which weren’t part of NATO then, arguing that this was a good exercise for the air force to be able to join in on this bombing campaign. He later...
The law of uneven growth continues to redistribute power, thus undermining the status quo established by the last hegemonic struggle. Disequilibrium replaces equilibrium, and the world moves toward a new round of hegemonic conflict. It has always been thus and always will be, until men either ...
→Second, the Dobbs backlash:It was clear that a backlash hit right afterRoefell, but it wasn’t clear if that would last til the midterms. It did. Americans didn’t wantRoeto fall:57% were unhappy about its repeal, while only 41% supported the change. In Pennsylvania and Michigan, ...