There is a triangle of autocracies which have allied with each other to oppose the West. American national security strategy and national defence strategy has in recent months dictated a pivot away from these confrontations and a retrenchment in the Western Hemisphere. Nonetheless, the US finds itself moving combat power and influence away from two theatres of operation against these powers to commit to a third. This could be a significant dislocation of American power, not so much from the Western Hemisphere, but from relevant theatres of operation in World War 3.0.

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