The panic in [[Brussels]] was immediate: the unannounced, high-level transit of all 32 member states of the NATO Military Committee into Kyiv was organized specifically around this disaster.
The panic in [[Brussels]] was immediate: the unannounced, high-level transit of all 32 member states of the NATO Military Committee into Kyiv was organized specifically around this disaster.
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==The Solipsism of the Hegemon: Negotiating with Itself==
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==The solipsism of the hegemon: negotiating with itself==
The foundational defect in contemporary [[American foreign policy]] was identified by the [[financial]] and [[geopolitical]] analyst [[Yves Smith]]: [[the West]] does not [[negotiate]] with the other side; it negotiates with itself.
The foundational defect in contemporary [[American foreign policy]] was identified by the [[financial]] and [[geopolitical]] analyst [[Yves Smith]]: [[the West]] does not [[negotiate]] with the other side; it negotiates with itself.