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```Rather than civilisations rubbing against one another as groups of nation-states, as Mr Huntington forecast, the 21st century is witnessing the rise of the “civilisation-state”.

The term is in vogue. Chinese academics herald China as the world’s sole civilisation-state, rather than an old-hat, 19th-century nation-state. Vladimir Putin, however, has hopped on the bandwagon, declaring that Russia’s status as a civilisation-state prevented the country “from dissolving in this diverse world”.```

```Sadly, chatter about civilisations can swiftly become paranoid. The far right peddles conspiracy theories about European civilisation being “replaced”, whether by immigrants or rising powers such as China. Such talk is now echoed by moderate politicians. “We know that civilisations are disappearing,” declared Mr Macron last summer, warning that Europe would be wiped out too unless it changes fundamentally. A shared apocalyptic vision may bind the populist right into the European project, but it would do so only at a heavy cost to Europe’s self-proclaimed values. ```

They are talking about you Golden

They have one for Soph right after

```The 2020 presidential election will be decided in the suburbs```

Sounds like somebody who talks in here all the time

If oil stays high, mmmmm that inflation...

Our oil about to be cheap once we get our hands on those Iranian oil reserves.

They have been sanctioned hardcore for a while, it’s no wonder Iran is suffering economically.

Our oil is already cheap, this situation is making it more expensive because the margin matters

This is an indirect boost to Russia, Venz

they were suffering under cheap oil prices, partially because of US oil and natgas effects

This might help Alberta out, they were about to unplug

The General was responsible for carrying out terrorist attacks against US troops. Don’t act like he was assassinated for no reason dummies stop rushing to judgement.

Lol is golden actually wanting a ground war with Iran?

We’re not going to obtain Iranian oil reserves dumbass

This is why only people who understand foreign policy should be allowed to make foreign policy

I'm amused all these people who never heard of the guy before this know all about him

Lol

This is a terrible move by trump, both for the nation and politically

If foreign policy is a major issue in the 2020 election, he is royally screwed

You end up here when you do stuff like tear up the Iran deal. We could have worked with him. He was a reasonable guy, just a ruthless person when it came to his country, as many US officers are

Yea if the independents are swayed, do you think they will be?

twitter has me lolling at all these 'this is the first step in regime change' "analyses"

Trump is not capable of speaking coherently about foreign policy for more than about 20 seconds

He just doesn’t have the focus

If he has to debate Biden or Warren about this he’s just going to look like a confused old man with dementia

@!GoldenKingship! for the record, you will see I have mentioned the Pasdaran numerous times in here

Frankly this is a huge boost to Biden

@Deleted User You wouldn't either, so i wouldn't be talking,

Who is the person with the most foreign policy chops

@HeadlessCowboy lol what?

Would you like to talk about foreign policy headless?

Unlike you, I am not a drooling moron. I’d be happy to discuss foreign policy

What questions do you have?

Does it favor Biden necessarily or a more pro-peace at any cost type?

Your memory on how chat threads work is lacking, that is how we humans communicate in quick terms in which you lack.