The Bad Old Days Are Back
Ad Info VOICE http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/05/02/the_bad_old_days_are_back_china_us_russia_power_politics_realism From China to Ukraine, the cynical calculus of power politics is alive and well -- too bad Washington doesn't realize it. BY STEPHEN M. WALT MAY 2, 2014 SHARE + 239 SHARES POLITICS U.S. FOREIGN POLICY NORTH AMERICA EAST ASIA EUROPE In hindsight, one of Bill Clinton's worst predictions was a 1992 remark he made during a campaign speech. He said, "In a world where freedom, not tyranny, is on the march, the cynical calculus of pure power politics simply does not compute. It is ill-suited to a new era." Clinton may have been right about Switzerland or Costa Rica or Monaco, but he was dead wrong about Russia, China, Iran, Israel, Japan, or any other country that still takes issues of power and territory seriously. Declaring an end to power politics is a time-...