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We’re so busy arguing about culture wars and who’s tweeting what that we’re missing the forest for the burning internet. While we’re distracted, a cold war is solidifying in Asia, and the script is being written by forces far bigger than any single election. It’s a story of fading empires, rising powers, and the stubborn human habit of repeating the same damn mistakes, just with fancier technology.

Forget Europe’s “nuisance” Russia problem. According to the players in Trump’s inner circle, the real game is in Asia, specifically the containment of China. It’s not just a Republican talking point either. Whether they frame it as a matter of power or values, there’s a bipartisan consensus in Washington that China is a competitor, a threat to American supremacy. This isn’t some fleeting political fad; it’s a deeply ingrained geopolitical analysis that stretches back through Obama’s “pivot to Asia” and continues under Biden. The names change, the rhetoric shifts, but the underlying strategy of pushing back against China’s growing influence remains remarkably consistent.

For decades, the American narrative was one of fostering China’s growth, hoping it would somehow morph into a “pillar of a broadly liberal world order”. Oops.  ... continue reading the article 

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