The XXIII Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, South Korea were, in my opinion, one of the best Winter Olympics ever held. The South Koreans did a fantastic job of hosting the games, the Games were a major diplomatic and geopolitical victory for South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and there were plenty of surprising results and close finishes during the Games. Given that my own foreign policy views tend to be very isolationist by American standards, a lot of people reading this blog post would find it surprising that I have a strong interest in the Olympics. The Olympics are pretty much the only major exception to my isolationist foreign policy views because I view the Olympics as a sporting event instead of a diplomatic event like the World Economic Forum in Switzerland or events of that nature. Also, I take this opportunity to apologize to the Shibutani siblings and the rest of the U.S. Olympic figure skating team. I claimed in a blog post before the Games that the U.S. wasn...
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