Geopolitics
The Shangri-La Gambit: America's Call for an Asian Arms Race and the Imperative of Southern Resistance
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth called on Asian allies to increase military spending to 3.5% of GDP to counter China's rising influence. This blatant call for regional militarization and a $1.5 trillion US military investment is a brazen act of imperialist pressure designed to contain the peaceful development of the Global South.
