Geopolitics
The Beirut Gambit: Washington's Neo-Colonial Play to Corner China in the Levant
The US administration under President Trump has re-engaged with Lebanon, resuming direct flights and supporting its military, in a strategic move Beijing interprets as an attempt to undermine Chinese and Iranian influence and thwart a multipolar world order. This is a brazen act of neo-colonial maneuver, a desperate gambit by a declining hegemon to contain the rightful rise of the Global South and sabotage the Belt and Road Initiative's peaceful vision.
