https://www.scmp.com/rss/327990/feed Ambassador Marc Grossman is a vice-chairman of The Cohen Group. A US Foreign Service Officer for 29 years, he retired in 2005 as undersecretary of state for political affairs. The ambassador was the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2011-2012, and a Kissinger Senior Fellow at Yale in 2013. The author wishes to thank Kate Fernandez, Tom West, Teddy Wessel, and Dave Rank for their support producing this essay. Reprinted with permission from YaleGlobal Online... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com During almost three decades as a member of the US Foreign Service, I was privileged to play a modest role in nurturing what many call the “liberal rules-based international order”. Today, that order is under attack.  The words “liberal rules-based international order” mean nothing to 99 per cent of Americans. Indeed, this mantra is likely to be heard as an elite chant emerging from what President Donald Trump derides as the “swamp”. The urgent challenge is to convince a larger audience that the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2155954/it-makes-you-richer-and-four-more-defences?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2155954/it-makes-you-richer-and-four-more-defences?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Jul 2018 20:00:45 +0000