Decoding International Relations (5-28-24)

01:00 Why no cold war yet with China, https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/07/cold-war-cold-peace-united-states-china-xi-decoupling-trade/ 04:00 Three cheers for Donald Trump, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=155233 09:30 On Realism, Interview with Randall Schweller, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm30l0ycwLs 10:10 The Paper Chase (1971), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paper_Chase_(film) 11:00 IR scholar Randall Schweller, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Schweller 20:00 Destiny is the king of livestreams 43:00 The chimera of global convergence, https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii87/articles/sean-starrs-the-chimera-of-global-convergence 44:00 The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Great_Powers 1:06:00 The Craft of Writing Effectively, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=154774 1:08:30 Bandwagoning for Profit: Bringing the Revisionist State Back In, Randall L. Schweller 1:14:00 Realism in the Age of Rising Disorder, Uncertainty & Chaos with Dr. Randall Schweller, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=120wiWJbuvk 1:27:00 Should Liberalism Die? | Bo Winegard and Noah Carl, https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/should-liberalism-die-bo-winegard 1:36:00 Entropy in International Relations 1:37:30 Realists don't think history is going forward. Realists believe in cyclical history. Realists expect a tendency towards disorder, not progress.