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David Sacks
@DavidMSacks1
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations. Taiwan, China, Hans Morgenthau. Opinions my own; RTs/follows not endorsements.
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While the Trump administration has attempted to seize the realist mantle, claiming that its foreign policy is one of “flexible realism,” it has misread core elements of the theory. I explain in @ForeignAffairs with a close reading of Hans Morgenthau’s writings.
“Sacks’ wonderful biography illustrates that Morgenthau’s grimy and sometimes politically incorrect ‘realism’ sprung from the kernels of high ideals.”
Morgenthau: A realist ethic | Ved Shinde ift.tt/Jk2t8ZmView quoted post on X
Great piece but conflates strategic ambiguity with US policy on TWN independence: "America’s unofficial doctrine on Taiwanese independence allows for 'strategic ambiguity'—in other words, we might or might not protect the island in the event of a Chinese invasion." This is wrong.
They power our phones, cars, dishwashers—and the A.I. systems that prop up the economy. They’re also at the heart of fierce geopolitical rivalry. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…View quoted post on X
The United States has a unique opportunity to take the U.S.-Japan alliance to new heights but risks squandering it through inattention. In @ForeignAffairs, Nick Snyder and I propose ways to strengthen the alliance to counter an increasingly assertive China (link below).