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Responses to Aziz Rana
The ideology of American exceptionalism allows such a move, but for those on the left, it is sustained by a more material condition: the dissipation of left-wing social forces across the globe since the 1970s.
About the Author
Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program
Stephen Wertheim is a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- Unpacking Trump’s National Security StrategyOther
- What Americans Think About American Power TodayPaper
Christopher S. Chivvis, Stephen Wertheim, Liana Schmitter-Emerson
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