Dangerous Liaisons; The Future of the Dollar—and Its Role in Financial Diplomacy

Thursday Newsletter December 18, 2018 Want to book an interview with our authors or experts? [Click here](. Dangerous Liaisons by Dimitri Simes Ignoring possible Sino-Russian cooperation against the United States, and the factors that can exacerbate it, could be very costly. [Read it here.]( The Future of the Dollar—and Its Role in Financial Diplomacy by Christopher Smart If the military strength and economic wealth of the United States underpin the dollar’s central role, then America’s global influence is enhanced because its currency dominates trade, finance and sovereign reserves. [Read it here.]( How to Wage Political Warfare by Hal Brands and Toshi Yoshihara Both Russia and China are governed by opaque, highly centralized and increasingly personalized governments that are well suited to the darker arts of statecraft. Political warfare, for such regimes, is second nature. [Read it here.]( Saudi Arabia: The Choice the United States Has to Make by Paul Pillar The simple notion that any enemy of my enemy is my friend is overriding sober calculation of how Saudi Arabia’s conduct does or does not support U.S. interests. [Read it here.]( John Mearsheimer on International Relations, Great Power Politics, and the Age of Trump by Michael Lind John J. Mearsheimer’s The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities argues how the United States’ pursuit of a “liberal hegemony” has been a failure with sizeable costs. [Read it here.]( Want more TNI? Subscribe to our magazine! [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Email](mailto:editor@nationalinterest.org) Copyright © 2018 Center for the National Interest, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up on our website. Our mailing address is: Center for the National Interest 1025 Connecticut Ave NWWashington, DC 20036-5405 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list]( Want to subscribe to our mailing list? [Click here](.