CC: Emma Ashford – The Collapse of America's Unipolar Moment

This week on Conflicted, Thomas Small is joined by Dr. Emma
Ashford, a Senior Fellow at the Stimson Center and an expert on US
grand strategy. Emma brings a clear-eyed, realist perspective to
the current global debates, arguing that the emerging multipolar
world is an opportunity, not a catastrophe, for the United States.
Thomas and Emma dissect the end of the American unipolar moment,
exploring whether the US's pivot to global primacy after the Cold
War was driven by naive idealism or institutional hubris. They
analyze the four competing camps in US foreign policy - from
Liberal Order Primacists to America First Hawks - and champion the
case for realist restraint as the most pragmatic way forward. The
conversation delves into the strategic implications of a truly
multipolar world, including how nuclear weapons change the dynamics
of great power competition and why the US must retrench from
costly, over-leveraged commitments in the Middle East to prioritize
competition in Asia. You can find Emma on X @EmmaMAshford To listen
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