The US’ restoration of unipolarity risks sparking another World War if cooler heads don’t prevail...
Authored by Andrew Korybko: The US’ new National Security and Defense Strategies, which collectively articulate the “Trump Doctrine”, make clear that the US’ grand strategic goal is to restore its predominant position (unipolarity) over the world.
Unlike
during the short-lived unipolar era that followed the end of the Old
Cold War, this time the US is explicitly reluctant to embroil itself in
overseas conflicts that risk overextending itself, and it’ll also now
rely more on its regional partners to share the burden of advancing
their shared interests.
China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are identified as the
US’ adversaries, the first of them being described as “the most powerful
state relative to us since the 19th century” in the National Defense Strategy, and each must now decide whether to challenge the US, balance it, or bandwagon with it.