Competition is supposed to be good.
If so, then strategic competition is strategically good.
Take the case of Afghanistan, bombed back from the Bronze Age to the Stone Age, for 20-years of nation-building by like-minded, and now, as the foreign nation-builders leave, at the cusp of change, for better or worse, presumably after a sorting out of collaborators and quislings, creating anxiety amongst outsiders yet again
It is good to see folks getting together to build the Afghanistan economy.
Unclear that is what the Trump meant when he ordered the withdraw from Afghanistan, but that was Trump, this is Biden
zerohedge.com
... “Representatives of the United States, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed in principle to establish a new quadrilateral diplomatic platform focused on enhancing regional connectivity. The parties consider long-term peace and stability in Afghanistan critical to regional connectivity and agree that peace and regional connectivity are mutually reinforcing.” ... ... The US doing Belt and Road right into China’s alley? A State Department tweet confirmed it. Call it a geopolitical case of “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.” ...
Separately scmp.com
Taliban leader visits China for talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi The delegation from the Afghanistan group met Wang in Tianjin on Wednesday, sources say Talks come as the insurgency group’s control of the country reaches its border with Chinese region of Xinjiang |
