The rules-based international order hid American domination behind multilateral bodies, making empire appear as fairness, logic, reason, and debate.
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Multilateralism
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Key Notes
Jiang rejects the reading that Trump's national security strategy means U.S. retreat into spheres of influence; instead, he says America will maintain empire by abandoning liberal multilateral institutions and using divide-and-rule power politics.
Jiang defines BRICS here as a win-win, reciprocal, multilateral order in which no single dominant power openly rules the system.
Jiang says China is the main power actively advocating multilateralism through trade, infrastructure, and cooperation with developing countries.
Jiang says the old multilateral order was always a pretext for European and British free-riding on American power and that every state should now act in open self-interest.
Jiang says any new world order led by China would be based on multilateralism, global trade, and win-win cooperation rather than domination.
Jiang says Trump’s national-security strategy openly rejects the old burden-sharing logic of multilateralism and reframes allies as free riders exploiting American consumers and military power.
Jiang defines America First as a revolt against the multilateral order that enriched global financial elites and now seeks to put narrowly American interests first.
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"That's right. You're exactly right. Yes. China will engage in development and financing, but that's it. It will not send in troops anywhere. Look,..."
"liberal multilateral organizations, just leave the United Nations, which is what the United States has done and focus on pure power politics. And it..."
"And the third is what we call the rules -based international order. And what this means is American power hid behind multilateral organizations such..."
"It doesn't no longer care about multilateralism. And so now if the middle powers like Canada are to survive, they need to really develop..."
"So China has been vigorously trying to promote international trade that benefits everyone, especially developing countries like in Africa and in South America. And..."
"he argues that multi -lateralism is dead it's a lie and multi -lateralism is a pretext for the Europeans the British to free ride..."
"...that's why it's interested in breaks. That's why it's interested in multilateralism. If there is a new world order, then China believes that it..."
"...American said is basically, you know, for decades, we've abutted by multilateralism. And that really hurt America, because what multilateralism means, is that we..."
"Does Trump's America First strategy mean he's going to pull out more from the Pacific and be less engaged in China and Taiwan and..."
"...see the idea of America First as a counter -narrative to multilateralism, right? And multilateralism these past years, these past 40 years really popped..."
"about iran right so i think first and foremost there's this misinterpretation of what the national security strategy says okay i've read it where..."
"China will continue to engage the world, but not militarily, not in the way that – China doesn't want to build a global empire...."
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