@glenweyl I think @RichardHanania would be better at explaining the position; his article https://richardhanania.substac... outlines the case.
(I'm not a "true believer" in this way of thinking personally; I'm closer to the "US foreign policy is an incoherent mash of lots of impulses" viewpoint)
@glenweyl我认为@RichardHanania会更好地解释这个位置；他的文章https://richardhanania.substac...概述了案例。
（我个人并不是这种思考方式的“真正信徒”；我更接近于“美国外交政策是一个由许多冲动组成的不连贯的混合体”的观点）