How Will the World Navigate Trump’s Return? | Foreign Affairs Interview (youtube.com) During Trump 1.0, he was erratic and upset all US allies. That was the opportunity Xi missed, where he could have been everything America was not at the time, consistent, reliable, steady, respectful, to play a very calm approach. Malcolm Turnbull, who was Australia’s prime minister during Trump’s first term.
Only episodically, the US engages itself outwards. Bilahari Kausikan
Competition between two very different major powers, not a demonization of the other power.
Fery few countries are completely beholden to China. Maybe Pakistan, Laos, maybe Cambodia. Others, like Indonesia, have been countries for a very long time and will never submit to another country.