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Nietzsche goes to the UN with Hegel and Fukuyama in tow

I just read a brilliant piece entitled "Power and Weakness" by Robert Kagan over at Policy Review. It's a deeply insightful analysis of the growing divisions between America and Europe concerning domestic and foreign policy, and has some application for the growing internal division in the US. It's the longest thing I've linked to yet (11K words), but borders on essential reading, so give it a look. For further reading, consider Andrew Sullivan's essay "The Euro Menace: The USE vs. The USA," published recently in The New Republic of all places.