The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. The moment the reader tinkers thus with the subject position in “Why American Power Endures:
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The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. The moment the reader tinkers thus with the subject position in “Why American Power Endures:
G. John Ikenberry’s article “Why American Power Endures: the U.S.-led Order isn’t in Decline” deserves a close reading. This very visible International-Relations (IR) modality of knowledge production, unlike postmodern and