This week's content was very interesting and thought provoking, to say the least. What I noticed the most is that we couldn't have decided a better time and a better city to study world politics. When the discussions about theory are able to go beyond that and get mixed with the current events (especially with this two eventful weeks for the U.S. and the world) is when I really start to understand the relevance they carry.
Embedded liberalism, at least from my perspective, is over. The world is undergoing yet another change. And every change period brings about two new things: opportunities and instability. As the tension in U.S. politics grows, threatening to divide the country over some of its most fundamental principles, other nations are undergoing the same struggle. As Elyssa mentions in her reflection, small political events, such as a municipal election, can have massive repercussions all around the world. Also, countries that used to play a big role in world politics are having to slow down their global role and instead take care of their internal problems more and more. Yet, other nations that have established a more solid internal policy and politics are reaching towards the "opportunity" side that comes with change. Some of these nations are a threat to the liberal world order that has reigned over the world for a while now. Sooner or later the U.S. has to realize that the biggest threats to a nation always come from the inside, in the form of division and hate amongst its own citizens. As a country with so much influence and power in the world stage (political, economic, military), its politics NEED to reflect that level of responsibility. If it fails to do so, soon the world will notice this and other nation will take on the mantle of world leadership.
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