Foreign Affairs: The World According to Xi Jinping, Vol 101, No 6, Nov/Dec 2022

by Foreign Affairs

Unknown Binding

First published December 1, 2022

Reviews

[Dinah Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume covers articles on leaders from China, Russia, Mexico, and Africa. Topics of Inflation,Economics, Dictatorships, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and of course political book reviews are discussed. This is one of my go-to sources to enhance my understanding of what’s going on in the world and how the political scientists view these events. This works for me as I process my own thoughts.

[Liam Boulanger · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable read as always. It’s good to see the ideas circulating within Western/American circles (intellectual, academic or otherwise). One thing stands out throughout most of this edition: the struggle to grasp what multipolarity means. We’ve moved on from the notion that the United States will collapse sometime soon (a flawed analysis that derived from the return of multipolarity to the international stage). However, we remain in the mindset that the West is the centre of the world. It is the pole states need to revolve around in order to thrive. This is an error; a misunderstanding of what multipolarity is. Should the current transition to multipolarity continue, we will see the rising poles (China, India, Russia, perhaps even the European Union) establish themselves as proper centres of political, economic and social power not reliant upon the west/United States. In this light, Russia’s breaking from the Western economic order is not its death knell, but setting itself up to properly rival the West once again. Likewise, China will cement itself as a centre of power. Separate from the West and able to survive without its assistance. And so on… That said, this all depends on whether or not the world will continue its transition from unipolarity to multipolarity. This trend could be reversed, but we shall see how things unfold.