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The U.S. has wasted blood and treasure in foreign wars, devastated counties in the name of defending democracy, overturned democratic governments that threatened U.S. interests, and moved from soft power supporting shared interests to hard power for increasingly nationalistic goals. The new United States-China cold war is a classic example of the inevitable conflict between a rising power and a declining hegemon. The Thucydides Trap-the Prospect for U.S.-China War The Chinese-mediated detente between Iran and Saudi Arabia has underscored China's new role as a global power broker. The United States-unwisely from a geopolitical perspective-undertook to confront both Russia and China at the same time, hence driving these two great powers into alliance. [Extracted from the article] |
