Tag: international order

China, Political Order, and International Order

By Dan Nexon

In General

On September 29, 2019

China is a highly authoritarian state with an extremely poor record on human rights. During the 2000s, it seemed like the country was very slowly and tentatively liberalizing. This is no longer the case. The cumulative weight of the color revolutions and the Arab spring seems to have convinced Beijing, like many other authoritarian regimes, […]

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America’s Influence over the Texture of International Order Continues to Erode

By Dan Nexon

On September 6, 2019

A new article in Foreign Policy by Colum Lynch and Robbie Gramer does a great job of summing up two reasons that the United States is losing influence over international ordering. The first is long-te

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Meeting the Challenge of the Transnational Right

By Dan Nexon

On September 15, 2018

I’ve been arguing for some time that progressives too often have their heads in the sand about the transnational dimensions of right-wing extremism, kleptocracy, and oligarchy. This was an impor

On American Hegemony, Part II: Liberal Order, What is the Concept Good For?

By Dan Nexon

In foreign policy

On July 29, 2018

People have been handwringing about the impending demise of the liberal international order for over a decade. But, since 2016, that handwringing has given way, at least in some circles, to full-scale panic. First the British voted to leave the European Union. Then Donald Trump campaigned—and won—on a promise to renegotiate the basic terms of […]

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Don’t Bet Decades of Winnings on a Mediocre Hand

By Dan Nexon

On January 31, 2017

I have new online piece, co-authored with Dani Nedal, at Foreign Affairs: President Donald Trump believes that America makes terrible deals—from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to the

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The Rise of “Embedded Nationalism”

By Dan Nexon

On January 27, 2017

Moonhawk Kim has a terrific post that much better articulates some of the things that I’ve been trying to put into words. It also raises a number of important wagers that had never crossed

Trumpology meets Kremlinology

By Dan Nexon

In General

On November 28, 2016

Despite showing some questionable judgment about whom to cite, Paul Musgrave has a nice piece in the Washington Post on Russian propaganda and the US election. The whole thing does a good job of synthesizing the current state of play. But it’s real ‘added value’ lies in providing some context for the success of such endeavors. The […]