If we put the drama aside.. the shift in global order is becoming evident to all. We are moving to Multipolarity in Bipolarity.
The real pain is not India agreeing or Japan playing hardball. These are outcomes of the changing times.
What USA did to Churchill pre
The real pain is not India agreeing or Japan playing hardball. These are outcomes of the changing times.
What USA did to Churchill pre
WW2 is playing out in a diluted version currently. No empire accepts irrelevance and Churchill had to preside over the dismantling of the British empire to fund war efforts with USA maintaining a strong anti colonial stance.
The new order saw US lead NATO and establish a new financial order, currency dominance. Dollar became the global reserve currency and post 91 this was absolute.
Today local currency payments within groups, China pursuing trade in it’s own currency is showing a glimpse of
Today local currency payments within groups, China pursuing trade in it’s own currency is showing a glimpse of
What will come in the times ahead, Russia transacting despite SWIFT denial adds, ( Ukraine is a non issue, it’s camouflage), Japan refusing a repeat of Plaza, dollar debt mounting and now India.
Power projection is always a combination of reality and perception. Reality is dollar, tech, oil and military industrial complex. When all the above start getting impacted perception starts eroding. None of US allies have appreciated bullying.. Pakistan doesn’t count as
An ally it’s a pimp and will always remain one. So when the playground bully is ageing.. everyone starts venting. This is just the start. Old resentments will come to the surface the more US stomps harder.
It’s quite funny. Common sense would indicate that a softer power would use inclusivity to strengthen itself but such is the fear of irrelevance and obsession with respect that to survive, power uses exclusivity. Ego > common sense. But that is a natural outcome of time -decline.
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