March 30, 2023
China’s diplomatic wins rise from America’s losses

China’s diplomatic maneuvers over the past weeks have produced all sorts of alarm among members of the Washington foreign policy establishment and media that America’s influence is being supplanted in favor of a new and hostile “world order.”
The failure to see current events in balance-of-power terms goes a long way toward explaining how this situation has come about in the first place.
Events on China

virtualChina, Alliances, Balance of power, Diplomacy, Grand strategy, Great power competition, Middle East
June 10, 2025