"They won’t need to sustain an empire and a ridiculous huge and expensive military."
That is ultimately the question... will a multipolar world be free of forceful intimidation? Remember, the US Navy was formed because we got tired of pirates on the Barbary Coast. The history of Central Asia is replete with aggressive "toll booths"... I e…
"They won’t need to sustain an empire and a ridiculous huge and expensive military."
That is ultimately the question... will a multipolar world be free of forceful intimidation? Remember, the US Navy was formed because we got tired of pirates on the Barbary Coast. The history of Central Asia is replete with aggressive "toll booths"... I enjoyed your analysis, I hope you're right. As an American I would rather be equal in the world instead of, somehow, over it (hegemony).
"They won’t need to sustain an empire and a ridiculous huge and expensive military."
That is ultimately the question... will a multipolar world be free of forceful intimidation? Remember, the US Navy was formed because we got tired of pirates on the Barbary Coast. The history of Central Asia is replete with aggressive "toll booths"... I enjoyed your analysis, I hope you're right. As an American I would rather be equal in the world instead of, somehow, over it (hegemony).