Quantifying US Militarism
Power Problems
The 9-11 Effect and the US's Hyper-Militarianism
9-11 made it easier for the U.S. to say that we have the right now, because they're irrational and can't be negotiated or negotiate with them. And trying to deescalate or scale back from that is quite difficult once you sort of have this kind of mindset: We better kill them before they kill us. So that 9-11 effect was very, very important in explaining this sort of American hyperkinetic engagement around the world. Then Satita can talk about sort of this unipolar moment that we have,. This unipolar inertia carried us through from the 90s on.
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