When Neither Globalization Nor Nationalism Work as Answers
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We increasingly hear the conclusion that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine means the end of the modern trend toward globalization. I certainly agree that his acts challenge it. But I also believe there have been reasons all along to regard the kind of globalization we have witnessed in recent decades as a transitional phenomena. I also think that we just as much stop short in our thinking if we assume that the solution is to go back to the more familiar realities of times past. Writers who I respect have proposed that the task today is to remember just who are our friends and who are our enemies. While, again, in part I agree, I also think it is not so simple.
When Neither Globalization Nor Nationalism Work as Answers
When Neither Globalization Nor Nationalism…
When Neither Globalization Nor Nationalism Work as Answers
We increasingly hear the conclusion that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine means the end of the modern trend toward globalization. I certainly agree that his acts challenge it. But I also believe there have been reasons all along to regard the kind of globalization we have witnessed in recent decades as a transitional phenomena. I also think that we just as much stop short in our thinking if we assume that the solution is to go back to the more familiar realities of times past. Writers who I respect have proposed that the task today is to remember just who are our friends and who are our enemies. While, again, in part I agree, I also think it is not so simple.