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FP columnist Emma Ashford makes the case that we’re entering a post-unipolar world—that countries can sense that the United States is no longer an unchallenged superpower. If that’s the case, how should Washington adapt its foreign policy?
Ashford sits down with host Ravi Agrawal to discuss her new book, First Among Equals: U.S. Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World.
Plus, One Thing from Ravi on South Korea’s latest soft power hit, KPop Demon Hunters.
Ravi Agrawal: Is America Now Merely the First Among Equals?
Emma Ashford: Passing the Baton in Europe
Stephen M. Walt: The Realist Case for Global Rules
Michael Hirsh: Why Everyone in Washington Is a ‘Realist’ Now
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