sovereigntism means
doing what it wants limited
by what it can do
Adapted from the passage in the opinion piece “Is This the End of Pax Americana” By Bret Stephens, where Mr. Stephens writes:
Sovereigntism means a country doing what it wants to do within only the limits of what it can do. It means the end of self-restraint within a framework of mutual restraint. It means an indifference to the behavior of other states, however cruel or dangerous, so long as it doesn’t impinge on us. It means a reversion to the notorious claim, uttered (according to Thucydides) by the Athenians before their sacking of the neutral city of Melos, that “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.”
Sovereigntism also means an end to something else: Pax Americana. Though it takes its name from the Pax Romana of the first and second centuries and the Pax Britannica of the 19th, Pax Americana was something different: The application of American power for the benefit of more than just Americans.
According to Google Search AI:
The Pax Romana began in 27 BCE when Augustus became the first Roman emperor.
The Pax Romana was a time of great expansion for the Roman Empire.
The Pax Romana was a time of relative peace, but there were still wars and revolts.
The Pax Romana ended with a period of instability and internal conflict.
The end of the Pax Romana led to civil wars, political conspiracies, and assassinations.
The end of the Pax Romana led to a period of inflation, foreign wars, and religious wars.
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