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A new paradigm for a post-imperial world

As US military effectiveness and diplomatic efforts fade into irrelevance many countries start ignoring Washington

Posted by seumasach on May 6, 2018

Federico Pieraccini

Strategic Culture

5th April, 2018

Diplomatic work continues in some of the areas with the highest geopolitical tensions in the world. In recent days there have been high-level meetings and contacts between Turkey, Iran and Russia over the situation in Syria; meetings between Modi and Xi Jinping to ease tensions between India and China; and finally, the historic meeting between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un. The common component in all these meetings is the absence of the United States, which may explain the excellent progress that has been seen.

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