Yoon's foreign policy is dead in the water

Regardless of domestic politics, the "Global Pivotal State" and its "freedom, democracy, and rule of law" is now laughable…

I’ve written often about the hollowness of Yoon’s foreign policy and the risks of accepting it at face value. As is often the case in the modern world, any analysis that doesn’t match our own attitudes and opinions is lost in the algorithmic ether as we sit in our own echo chambers. Unless you search and seek different opinion using VPNs and MAC address caching; diverse browsers; and alternate social media accounts untainted by your location, shopping history and browswer cookies; you’re in an echo chamber whether you like it or not.

The Washington blob and its well-funded think-tanks and high-rolling commentators were in their own echo chamber. To secure funding, academics bought into it, and retold the same narratives. As a result, for most people, Yoon was exactly what they wanted to hear: a pro-American supporter of democracy, freedom, and the rule of law. He never was - it was all well-supported rhetoric tailored to the audience.

Yoon’s errant foreign policy signalling

President Yoo…