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US Fighting 'Four Cold Wars' at the Same Time–Iran Expert

• tboyd47 2y ago
  > Sadjadpour went on to argue that the question the U.S. needs to be asking is: "Is there a viable strategy in which we could, instead of further uniting these countries against us, is there a strategy that could potentially create divisions between them?" Not really. All these countries are uniting against us now because of the same behavior he's suggesting we double down on. > He continued: "Because China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are very different regimes. Iran is a theocracy, [Russian President] Vladimir Putin has probably killed more Muslims than most world leaders and China has obviously persecuted their own Muslim minority. Now is not the time for U.S. to be grandstanding to anyone else about persecution of Muslims.
• snowwrestler 2y ago
  This seems like more of a meme than useful analysis. That is, an analyst is trying to find a clever and memorable way to describe the world, and found a reporter at faded Newsweek to pick it up. There are in fact significant divisions and tensions between China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. And between the US and nations commonly called our allies. What is actually happening is that a number of nations are vying to gain security, wealth, status, etc. in the face of a wave of technological and demographic change. The US is facing a number of challenges and not just from these Big Bad Four. I think it’s silly to describe complex modern international relations using such a dated last-century term as “Cold War.” But it probably lands well with people who still read Newsweek…
  • hsyehbeidhh 2y ago
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