With the Foundation series, again and again, per Asimov pointed out, 'decay at the edges'.
I believe Russia and China are done with any seriously responses to any and everything USA has to say, because whomever saying whatever has neither anything new to say nor any staying power to deal. Nothing more to do except to make preparations for possible eventualities.
EU big states France and Germany, as opposed to the lapdogs Lithuania and such, are likely of one like-mind, looking out for respective #1s. Unclear to me how important other state actors can possibly be in rest of planet.
In the "Romance of the Kingdoms" en.wikipedia.org , the one of few Chinese classics, for all growing up in China, ate it for breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner since first aware, say age 4.
We are entering a very interesting period of history, and coincidentally (not), 2026 - 2032 coming into view, one or another way. I can go on and on with the proto-analysis but too early still. 2025 good time to delve in.
In the meantime, good news, that there are good folks willing to tell it like it is ...
signal.org
and the signal is strong. |