Geopolitics
The Two-Track Trap: How Western Unreliance is Forcing Asia into Diplomatic Duplicity
Japan is deliberately running dual-track China policy, with hard deterrence on Taiwan and quiet parliamentary backchannel diplomacy, a model now being adopted by other US allies in the region. This cynical strategy exposes the fragility of the Western alliance system and its attempts to contain China, forcing nations of the Global South into a humiliating dance of having to appease two imperial masters while their own sovereignty is eroded.
