Anyone who still believes that expanding trade and commerce with a despotic regime will naturally result in the liberalization of its policies in other areas seems to have totally missed the biggest story in international developments over the last three decades with the ascendance of China. Supposedly accepting China into the WTO was go…
Anyone who still believes that expanding trade and commerce with a despotic regime will naturally result in the liberalization of its policies in other areas seems to have totally missed the biggest story in international developments over the last three decades with the ascendance of China. Supposedly accepting China into the WTO was going to lead to society wide changes and hopefully to democratization. We have seen how that works, i.e. it didn’t. It merely lead to a more powerful despotic regime. And this guy who is going to be the leader of international policy in a Harris administration believes that Iran would be any different? It is another example of elites and so-called experts holding stupid and dangerous views.
Anyone who still believes that expanding trade and commerce with a despotic regime will naturally result in the liberalization of its policies in other areas seems to have totally missed the biggest story in international developments over the last three decades with the ascendance of China. Supposedly accepting China into the WTO was going to lead to society wide changes and hopefully to democratization. We have seen how that works, i.e. it didn’t. It merely lead to a more powerful despotic regime. And this guy who is going to be the leader of international policy in a Harris administration believes that Iran would be any different? It is another example of elites and so-called experts holding stupid and dangerous views.