Kevin Thomas Ryan

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Cold War 2 is Possible, But Not Inevitable

Contemporary international relations are incredibly complex, we need more thane binary answers

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Kevin Thomas Ryan
Nov 24, 2023
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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme, this is an old maxim often attributed to Mark Twain. This maxim seems to work quite well in all sorts of arguments about international history. If we analyse international political events with such a historical lens we will likely come to conclusions that seem, by default at least, to be somewhat predet…

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