But isn't this accompanied by the West bringing entire countries to ruin?? Which is the chicken here?https://twitter.com/DaveedGR/status/749587341862461445 …
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Replying to @emptywheel
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. As I think you know, I've written on how the Libya war has done just that for several states.
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Replying to @DaveedGR @emptywheel
But in other cases, VNSAs are able to degrade states without the West being an overarching causal force.
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But part of the reason I ask is I think our meddling is a key difference with earlier periods.
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Replying to @emptywheel
IMO our overall meddling is *lower* than during the Cold War. Type of meddling (regime change) has changed rather than degree.
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Wait. The stuff we did in Cold War is not counted here? There was a reset where our meddling got dissociated from later blowback?
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OK. But I think one thing that happened was transition to unipolar world meant we could let destabilized countries go.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Enjoyed the discussion. I have to go look after my daughters right now, but perhaps this would be better long form?
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