I think what this proves is that one doesn't have to have evidence, a good analysis, or even an interesting or unique theory in order to be published in a journal like Foreign Policy. All you really need to do is parrot the Empire's narrative of the big scary Chinese hordes about to descend on us.
This article ascribes grand ambitions to the Chinese government because that is what would do--and needless to say, actually do on a diabolical and global scale.
Wait, I thought that nations were free to choose their own security arrangements, and that nations had agency?
Or is this another of those "but only sometimes, and then only when it suits the empire's interests at the moment" kind of gotcha games?
I think what this proves is that one doesn't have to have evidence, a good analysis, or even an interesting or unique theory in order to be published in a journal like Foreign Policy. All you really need to do is parrot the Empire's narrative of the big scary Chinese hordes about to descend on us.
This article ascribes grand ambitions to the Chinese government because that is what would do--and needless to say, actually do on a diabolical and global scale.