President signed the legislation championed by late senator Lindsey Graham last month but has waived the restrictions as they were due to come into effect

Maybe "the West" no longer exists. There's just the US and then there's Europe, and each of them is doing their own thing.

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[–] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I think Canada still exists.....

While it's not the same economic power or population, it shouldn't be left off the list.

Edit: hit send too early.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    That's true, I should have thought about Canada and other allies of the West (Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, maybe others).

    I guess the US was the lynchpin that held "the West" together. Without good leadership from them, then I guess the world is as Mark Carney described: the US doing its own thing, and then a bunch of "middle powers", who should act together, if they want better outcomes when dealing with the big powers.

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