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Mexico was arguably the principal subject of his entire campaign, first for the Republican nomination and then for the presidential election
Immanuel Wallerstein
Immanuel Wallerstein (September 28, 1930 – August 31, 2019) was an American sociologist and economic historian. He is perhaps best known for his development of the general approach in sociology which led to the emergence of his world-systems approach. He was a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University from 2000 until his death in 2019, and published bimonthly syndicated commentaries through Agence Global on world affairs from October 1998 to July 2019.
He was the 13th president of International Sociological Association (1994–1998).
Politically, he considered himself on the "independent left" and was active in a variety of organizations. He argued that we are in the transition from our existing capitalist world-economy to some new system, and that the great political struggle of our time is about which new kind of systemic order will replace our existing one. A new systemic order could be better or worse, depending on our collective ability to push the worldwide decision in one direction or another. He believed that a crucial element in this is a vast debate about the kind of better system we wish to build, and saw the Reimagining Society Project as one of the ways to further this collective debate.
If we look at the geopolitical arena, China has counted on being able to insist that other states recognize and implement its “one China” policy. Considering what the global situation was 50 years ago, China has done exceptionally well in this regard.
The United States dreams of reproducing a Yalta-like arrangement with China
I think 95% of the policies Donald Trump will pursue in his first year or so in office will be absolutely terrible, worse than we anticipated
Every country has mixed feelings about its future, but some are more self-confident than others. At the present moment, there are very…
It’s a continuing struggle about the direction in which the future world-system (or systems) should and will be heading
The stalemate and the ensuing battle fatigue led each side to reconsider its all-or-nothing position and to enter into political negotiations. How did this happen?
Establishing a new world-system requires organizing everywhere at the bottom level of politics and building alliances up from there, rather than down from state power
If we are to behave sensibly, clarity of analysis is the first requirement, followed by moral choice, and political judgment
The world media, and especially U.S. media, are following with intense interest and concern the November presidential elections in the United States