>From another email list, an astute analysis of the contradictions inherent in >the contrasting Biden and Trump administration foreign policies:
> > On Feb 20, 2025, at 5:54 PM, Sam Gindin < sam.gin...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > From the perspective of the American Empire there was no reason to push > Russia into the war with Ukraine and the cold-war rhetoric against China > is contradicted by American capital's desire to get more access to China's > market and cheap labour. So the Biden strategy looked dysfunctional. I > could only read it as misguided paranoia - that Russia might link up with > Germany, and concern over China's economic progress. That paranoia was > expressed through the US looking for absolute power, not the softer power > the Empire has included. In other words, Russia, Russia plus Germany, and > China do not threaten to replace America's role but only to express a > degree of autonomy and it is that autonomy that the American's were > looking to contain (hubris and paranoia). The 'rational' response is to > see the limits of Russia as a threat and so end the war in Ukraine even if > it's on Russia's terms and to use the anti-China animus to get it to open > up its markets more, and on better terms, to American high tech and > American finance. So Trump could then claim that he is a peace-maker and > his hardline on China led to furthering globalization and the continued > dominance of the American Empire. I don't see this as far-fetched. > > The contradiction in this way of getting to where America could have > gotten with diplomacy is that a) this particular route is alienating his > allies; b) it is reinforcing nationalist sentiments at home and abroad and > these can take on a life of their own (e.g. protectionism, > antt-globalization, anti-China hysteria. > > Does this make sense to you? > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM Marv Gandall < marvga...@gmail.com > wrote: > > >> Goldman and Parpart argue that the Trump administration is more prescient >> than horrified liberal imperialists in recognizing that the US can no >> longer afford to act as Western capitalism’s global policeman and that >> some form of accommodation with China in Asia and Russia in Europe has >> become necessary. >> > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#35333): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/35333 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/111301320/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
