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Will Trump Deliver Peace? - Jeffrey Sachs, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen on the Duran

Will Trump Deliver Peace? - Jeffrey Sachs, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen on the Duran

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I had a conversation with Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Alexander
Mercouris about the possibility of Trump delivering peace in the
Middle East and Ukraine. Trump recently posted a video of
Professor Sachs criticising the presentation of international
conflicts as a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism.
In the video, Professor Sachs also scolded Netanyahu and blamed
Israel for America’s wars in the Middle East over the past 30
years (Netanyahu will reportedly not attend Trump’s
inauguration). Trump has also recognised that NATO expansionism
was the source of the proxy war in Ukraine, and has been vocal
about his desire to end the proxy.

These actions give some reason for cautious optimism that peace
can be achieved at a time when the world appears to be heading
toward major wars. The false narratives that conflict in the
world derives from a struggle between democracy and
authoritarianism create a dangerous Manichaean worldview. Peace
then requires good defeating evil, while compromise and workable
peace are derided as appeasement. Anyone contesting the
Manichaean worldview can be accused of betraying liberal
democratic values. Trump has many flaws, but his greatest
strength is his ability to say what he wants and break away from
the West’s ideological narratives and Manichaean worldview. By
recognising the security interests of rival powers (a big taboo
in the West), Trump can also mitigate these concerns as the
foundation for any durable peace.