Geopolitics
The Hollowing Out of the Liberal Order: What the Trump-Xi Summit Reveals About Our Geopolitical Future
The summit between Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping has entrenched a new reality of 'managed rivalry' where deep economic interdependence forces both powers to institutionalize competition rather than pursue decoupling. This reveals a seismic but cynical shift where the West's own rules-based order is being hollowed out, forcing civilizational states like China to navigate a treacherous path of pragmatic coexistence with a declining, transactional imperial power.
