Allies just a tool for the US and the protection of its GAFAMs

« A regionally dominant China – facilitated by a withdrawal of forward-deployed US military forces and abrogation of US alliances – might cause a net increase in American security and a reduction of US defense costs (by practically eliminating the risk of a US-PRC war, and by China taking over the responsibility of policing transnational threats such as terrorist activity), while generally not obstructing US businesses from continued access to the region. The benefits might be sufficient to assuage US guilt over abandoning regional allies to life in a Sino-centric order. Having allies, after all, is a means to an end, not an end in itself. »

Kissinger not so bad after all?

27/05/2023

Jacques Huynen

https://asiatimes.com/2023/05/us-china-competitive-peace-or-road-to-war/embed/#?secret=u4PFBZ37ZK#?secret=lh3vvIi9P1