Historian William Inboden considers the Cold War’s lessons for today’s Republican Party.
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If “we’re going to ask our allies in Asia to stand fast with us on a more confrontational, assertive posture toward China, a lot of their trust in us, commitment to us, or even our credibility, will depend on how they see us acting in other parts of the world. Do they see us cut and run and abandon the Ukrainians?” Will Europe help the U.S. check China if the U.S. leaves “the festering wound of a defeated Ukraine in their backyard”?