In his Weekend Blast, Nick Cohen criticises the assumption that the world, including Britain, understands America. For far too long, we Brits have obsessed about U.S politics and trusted too much to U.S. security guarantees. It's high time that we, with our European friends, decided to cut the chord with an unreliable and unstable partner and stood on our own two feet.
Nick argues that America has turned inward and no longer wants to be a superpower with its previous global commitments, comparing the current situation to the Soviet Union in 1989-1991 when leaders wanted to retreat from foreign entanglements. Nick uses the viral incident of newly elected Michigan senator Abdul El-Sayed confronting British journalist James Matthews as an example of America's growing isolationism, noting that many Americans, including both left-wing and right-wing factions, view foreign military engagements as wasteful. He concludes that the world should stop depending on America and focus on rebuilding alliances with European partners, suggesting that Britain and other countries need to look to their own interests rather than being caught up in American politics.
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