The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
The New Right’s Grand Strategy After Trump
English Summary
The New Right advocates for 'civilizationism,' a distinct grand strategy that defines Western civilization not by shared principles (like democracy) but by specific geography, ancestry, and Christianity. This worldview rejects universal global ambitions of primacy, instead proposing that the world should be structured into bounded civilizational blocs, each dominated by a regional hegemon. Consequently, US policy should focus on asserting dominance over its own Western Hemisphere borders while pursuing pragmatic coexistence with other major civilizations, such as China. This shift implies a move away from traditional liberal internationalism and perpetual military interventions.
中文摘要
新右翼主張「文明主義」（civilizationism）作為一種獨特的宏大戰略。該思維模式並非以共同原則（如民主）來定義西方文明，而是依據特定的地理、血統和基督教信仰。這種世界觀拒絕了普遍的全球主導野心，反而提出世界應被劃分為邊界明確的文明區塊，每個區塊都由一個區域霸權國家所支配。因此，美國政策應著重於鞏固其自身西半球邊界的優勢地位，同時與其他主要文明（例如中國）尋求務實共存。這種轉變意味著擺脫傳統自由國際主義和持續的軍事干預。
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