Li Haidong: American democratic tragedy caused its diplomatic disorder

First of all, the United States as a "democratic lighthouse" is an example worthy of the imitation of other countries and having a "democratic mission". His domestic practice proves that it is getting more and more ridiculous. The U.S. political elites hold the "view of destiny" and the "theory of responsibility" with their own "liability". These arguments have actually been denied by repeated crises and conflicts that have repeatedly emerged in the history of the United States. In the 19th century, the Great Depression of the 20th century, and the 21st century, people saw the high division or "polarization" of American society and politics and its corresponding civil war or profound crisis.

At present, the phenomenon of political extremities, social violence, economic bipoorization, and ethnic tears in the United States are all signs of the United States itself in another big crisis. In recent years, domestic officials or scholars' warnings on the current United States are endlessly at the end of the "edge of civil war", and related works have continued to emerge. Recently, the US Congress Special Investigation Committee on January 6, 2021 Trump's supporters 'impact on the Congress incident "attempted coup", and more vividly exposed the objective reality of the decline of the United States' own democratic practice. The "democracy" of US politics is becoming more and more obvious. From the flooding of domestic populist forces, to the perspective of populist politicians, it is difficult to retreat, which indicates the tragedy reality of the greater political crisis in the United States. How can a country that is so unbearable in its own democracy be responsible for the people and other countries? The current political elite that dominates US foreign affairs is so separated from the people and reality of the country, and its diplomatic logic is even more likely to be understood and accepted by other countries.

Secondly, in the current political environment of the United States, the so -called strategy of the so -called "values" alliance in its diplomatic elite planning to promote its own hegemony planning is difficult to have a strong sustainability. The violent "left -shaking and right" of US diplomacy has been widely known in recent years, and the possibility of the cycle of policy "predecessor and later dismantling" will be repeatedly presented in the next few years.

Due to the unexpected outbreak of the Russian -Ukraine conflict this year, the Biden policy team thought that it was successful and unified the Western alliance, and tried to improve the Asia -Pacific Alliance structure by inciting the Asia -Pacific regional crisis. However, the current progress of this effort is likely to be frustrated due to the increasing influence of the Republican Party in the United States after this year's mid -term elections and the high probability of the Republican Party's high probability of re -occupying the White House in 2024. At that time "Trade protection theory" and "overall diplomatic population" will return to the tide again. At present, almost all self -recognized series of "diplomatic achievements" that the Biden team are currently in the United States are difficult to get a long -lasting system in extreme political changes in the United States. In this context, those allies who have paid close attention to American politics have experienced the lessons of "paying" but being "sold" by the United States in recent years. In question, the realistic function of "values ​​diplomacy" has declined due to the sharp decline of the United States' own democratic quality.

Faced with the serious "division" of domestic politics on the verge of "civil war" and the "funny" of values ​​diplomacy, the most critical way to ensure its hegemony is to create or incite crisis. The reputation crisis is temporarily put on hold to save the "economic method". Of course, this is also the most prominent feature of the current US strategic issue.

In general, US political elites should be more aware of its domestic and international political reality, but the domestic and foreign policies that promote the implementation show that they actually do not want to resolve major domestic and foreign realities facing the country. On the contrary The way of appealing and the trend of the times forcibly shapes a "imagination real world", bringing a more competitive and confrontation world. This cannot be said to be the tragedy of the American people. (The author is a professor at the Institute of International Relations of the School of Foreign Affairs)

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