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Re: the coming Big Chill? by Albert Bergesen 13 February 2002 20:30 UTC |
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Not Cold War II, but the beginning of the Triple Entente/Triple Alliance of our time. WSNers: Stremlin raises a good question. My suspicion, though, is: Not Cold War, but interimperialist rivalries. Hegemonic decline plus Euro ascent has begun to reach the point where the older NATO/great power/capitalist core/call it what you want alliance is starting to split/unravel. The Pre-1914 analogy is back on the table. A sign to look for: Bringing Russia into some sort of treaty/alliance/agreement/something with the European powers. It would be the old world-system theory prediction was Moscow/Berlin/Paris vs. Washington/Tokyo/Beijing with the British on the bubble. Will it shake out this way? a.j. bergesen At 02:44 AM 2/13/2002 -0500, Boris Stremlin wrote: >Questions for discussion/elucidation: > >Will the US attempt to overthrow Saddam Hussein, now openly proclaimed >even by Colin Powell, mark the final collapse of the Euro-American >alliance? Are the recent comments by Joschka Fischer and Chris Patten et >al. indicative of the beginning of such a cold war already? What role (if >any) will Europe's apparent rightward turn play in EU/US relations in the >foreseeable future? > > >-- >Boris Stremlin >bstremli@binghamton.edu > > Albert J. Bergesen Dept. of Sociology Univ. of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 E-MAIL: albert@u.arizona.edu PHONE: (520)621-3303 FAX: (520)621-9875
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