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As Alliances Shift, West Needs Statesmanship

As Alliances Shift, West Needs Statesmanship
(L-R) U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, and Secretary of State Tony Blinken in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 23, 2021. Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty Images
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Almost indiscernible in the relatively banal debate about foreign policy, and particularly the relations of the United States with China and Iran, is a sideways shift in the alliance system that was set up to deal with, and was the framework for the successful conclusion of, the Cold War.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.
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