The fantasy of multipolarity
It would lead to brave new world order dominated by Chinese Communists
Venezuela has been a near-dictatorship for years and has joined a number of anti-western countries, such as Russia, Iran and Turkey, in pushing a global agenda to challenge the US and Western order.
Palau could be critical in a fight over Taiwan—and Beijing knows it.
While the U.S. has been focused on preparing for the kinetic warfare battlefield, China has been registering big wins on the political warfare battlefield. You can see it all over the Pacific Islands.