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What are the real reasons behind the New Cold War? — William I. Robinson

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The US is launching a New Cold War against Russia and China in an attempt to deflect our attention from the escalating crisis of global capitalism....Making the world safe for democracy capitalism. On the systemic level, it is about Western resistance to losing the half-millennium of dominance the West enjoyed during an age of imperialism and colonization, as well as enclosure (privatization) of the commons domestically. When a moment expires in the historical dialectic, resistance is futile. (See link below)Must-read.ROARWhat are the real reasons behind the New Cold War?William I. Robinson | professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa BarbaraSee alsoEast Asia ForumUS Pacific Deterrence Initiative too little, too late to counter ChinaHugh White | Emeritus Professor at

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The US is launching a New Cold War against Russia and China in an attempt to deflect our attention from the escalating crisis of global capitalism....

Making the world safe for democracy capitalism. 

On the systemic level, it is about Western resistance to losing the half-millennium of dominance the West enjoyed during an age of imperialism and colonization, as well as enclosure (privatization) of the commons domestically. 

When a moment expires in the historical dialectic, resistance is futile. (See link below)

Must-read.

ROAR
What are the real reasons behind the New Cold War?
William I. Robinson | professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara

See also

East Asia Forum
US Pacific Deterrence Initiative too little, too late to counter China
Hugh White | Emeritus Professor at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, The Australian National University

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Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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