“Like it or not, the Western democracies are now locked in what Chinese Communist Party theorists describe as a ‘discursive struggle’ with their authoritarian rivals,” the Princeton professor writes
in the past century, the countries of the democratic West have tried and failed to create a global order built on the same liberal principles as their domestic political regimes. Following the first world war, America’s allies baulked at President Woodrow Wilson’s revolutionary vision for a system of states based on self-determination, free trade and international law.
It was widely believed that their integration into global markets and international institutions would also give both Russia and China a stake in the stability of an all-encompassing liberal order. Despite some successes in central and eastern Europe, this dream has ended in tears, too. This rhetoric is paired with increasingly aggressive foreign-policy posturing. Instead of becoming a satisfied supporter of the existing order, China is now a frankly revisionist state.
Recent events also drive home the dangers of excessive economic dependence on hostile, revisionist powers. It should not have taken a war to wean Europe off Russian energy. Western countries must learn the lesson and act now to reduce their vulnerability to coercion or sabotage by shifting critical supply chains away from China.
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