Fantastic (and terrifying) essay. One of the best I've read that seems to grasp what our grand strategy should be today - rather than living in the 1990s. History never ended and it is terrifying to think SW1 elites thought that it had. This way of thinking has infected everything and everywhere. Politicians most certainly need to wake up, but we need to encourage a mindset shift in the media because our political class is orients towards the journalistic class.
I hope this is the first of many essays by you on this topic.
Two books I've been reading that you should dig out if you haven't already: John Bew’s history of Realpolitik and Paul Kennedy’s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Both touch on the themes you raise in this essay.
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Fantastic (and terrifying) essay. One of the best I've read that seems to grasp what our grand strategy should be today - rather than living in the 1990s. History never ended and it is terrifying to think SW1 elites thought that it had. This way of thinking has infected everything and everywhere. Politicians most certainly need to wake up, but we need to encourage a mindset shift in the media because our political class is orients towards the journalistic class.
I hope this is the first of many essays by you on this topic.
Two books I've been reading that you should dig out if you haven't already: John Bew’s history of Realpolitik and Paul Kennedy’s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Both touch on the themes you raise in this essay.