Som ett svar på Robert Kagans idéer om europeisk vekhet och amerikansk styrka och våldsamhet hävdar Parag Khanna i ”The metrosexual superpower” (Foreign Policy, July/August 2004) att den europeiska linjen fungerar bättre, den är helt enkelt modernare:
American neoconservatives such as Robert Kagan look down upon feminine, Venus-like Europeans, gibing their narcissistic obsession with building a postmodern, bureaucratic paradise. The United States, by contrast, supposedly carries the mantle of masculine Mars, boldly imposing freedom in the world’s nastiest neighborhoods. But by cleverly deploying both its hard power and its sensitive side, the European Union (EU) has become more effectiveand more attractivethan the United States on the catwalk of diplomatic clout. Meet the real New Europe: the world’s first metrosexual superpower. /…/ Through massive deployments of ”soft power” (such as economic clout and cultural appeal) Europe has made hard power less necessary. /…/ Brand Europe is taking over. From environmental sustainability and international law to economic development and social welfare, European views are more congenial to international tastes and more easily exported than their U.S. variants.
[Länk via Alex Soojung-Kim Pang.]
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