The argument that today’s globalized world has too much at stake to risk a seismic unraveling is the same argument that was made in 1914.
Vladimir Putin shakes hands with China's foreign policy chief Wang Yi during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, February 22, 2023. Credit: Kremlin Pool Photo via AP
Too many observers have lost sight of one of the key lessons of World War I. The Great War was triggered by the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, which occurred against the backdrop of a long-simmering conflict between Europe’s major powers. This interplay between conflict escalation and a political spark has special resonance today.
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The Entity List has become one of America’s favorite weapons in its economic arsenal. The Trump administration just increased it by more than 20,000 companies, provoking ire from Beijing and putting it at the center of this month’s sudden and dramatic deterioration in Sino-U.S. relations.
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