St\u00e4ndigt lika intressanta magasinet Foreign Policy har i sitt n\u00e4sta nummer en special — vem vann Irakkriget? Ett av svaren \u00e4r s\u00e4rskilt sp\u00e4nnande: Kina:<\/p>\n
The dramatic fall of American soft power from the post-Cold War high reached just after the Kosovo intervention has produced an international environment conducive to China as it projects its own rise as peaceful, benign, and even constructive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Tidningen kommer sedan in p\u00e5 ett mycket intressant tema, som jag sj\u00e4lv b\u00f6rjat fundera \u00f6ver mer och mer. G\u00e5r vi nu in i en tid d\u00e5 USA isolerar sig fr\u00e5n omv\u00e4rlden? En tid som p\u00e5minner om USA 1975-1990.<\/p>\n
Unless there is a dramatic reversal of U.S. fortune in Iraq, its experience there will almost certainly reduce Americans\u00e2\u00c4\u2122 political will to engage militarily overseas. It raises the political threshold for the United States to help Taiwan defend itself against China. Such a prospect should help to deter Taiwan from making, from Beijing\u00e2\u00c4\u2122s perspective, \u00e2\u00c4\u0153provocative\u00e2\u00c4? moves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n