As a Canadian, I'm biased, but I had always believed that the main advantage that the United States had in the 20th century was that Europe had attempted to commit suicide. Twice.
Plus of course China was in a period of long decline.
Plus of course China was in a period of long decline.
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After 1989, I expected a more multipolar world. But that did not happen as I had imagined. Instead, Europe continued to underperform and China spectacularly returned to its previous role as one of the world's great superpowers.
Will Europe finally get its act together? Will it develop its own independent foreign policy that might just be slightly more open to cooperating with China?