February 21, 2019
Why Trump's Policies Will Solidify America's Geopolitical Power Status
Donald Trump wants to keep this promise: America will not be the policeman of the world.
by Ahmed Charai
At the Munich and Warsaw conferences this past week, we saw once again the ritualistic gathering of the “Atlantic familyâ€â€”the founders of the NATO alliance—coming together to one again announce unity and brotherhood.
Like all old families, the members are not equal, and the divisions are hardly hidden.
Let’s start with dispensing the polite fiction that when U.S. officials met their EU counterparts, it is a meeting of equals. It is not.
There are three types of power: military might, economic strength and cultural attraction.
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-trumps-policies-will-solidify-americas-geopolitical-power-status-45187
