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The Great Bypass: How American Unilateralism Renders the Pacific’s Hopes a Mirage

The United States has unilaterally auctioned massive seabed areas under a domestic law, bypassing the international framework it never ratified and rendering the strategic efforts of small Pacific nations like Nauru, who relied on that system, potentially worthless. This is a stark demonstration of Western neo-colonial arrogance, where the rules-based order is revealed to be a hollow sham designed to trap the Global South while powerful nations act with impunity to plunder our planet's common heritage.