Geopolitics
The Cracks in the Imperial Edifice: Global Hedging as a Response to Unreliable Western Leadership
Taiwan is significantly boosting its defense budget in response to Chinese pressure, a trend mirrored by US allies globally who are building military resilience due to waning confidence in American predictability. This desperate global scramble for strategic autonomy, driven by the West's own volatile imperialism, tragically illustrates the failure of a US-led order that demands subservience while offering only unreliable and self-serving protection.
