How the United States Mismanaged Risk After the Fall of the Soviet Union

🌍The US believed Russia and China would align with the Western world after the fall of the Soviet Union.

💣False assumptions led to poor risk management and failures in US foreign policy.

Why did the US assume Russia and China would align with the Western world?

—The US believed that Russia and China had an interest in joining the Western world's rules-based democratic order.

What were the consequences of the US mismanaging risk?

—The mismanagement of risk led to failures in US foreign policy and a strained relationship with Russia and China.

00:01The United States made assumptions that Russia and China would align with the Western world after the fall of the Soviet Union.

01:30False assumptions led to poor risk management and failures in US foreign policy.

05:00The US believed that Russia and China had an interest in joining the Western world's rules-based democratic order.

07:30The mismanagement of risk led to failures in US foreign policy and a strained relationship with Russia and China.