The Jerry Lewis of International Diplomacy
Is Trump’s foreign policy the work of an incompetent ignoramus or a strategic genius? The answer may surprise you.
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is joined by Democratic members of the committee for a news conference about the Trump-Putin Helsinki summit in the US Capitol Visitors Center, July 17, 2018 in Washington DC.Chip Somodevilla / Getty
Bulletin is a chronicle of socialist comment and analysis from Jacobin’s Seth Ackerman.
The Jerry Lewis of International Diplomacy
If there’s one master misconception people have about international diplomacy, it’s that the professionals who run foreign policy at the highest levels of major nations possess some special insight into the global ebb and flow of power and interest, presumably due to their access to inside information.
The reality is quite different.
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