Category American Relative Decline

Eagles in the Sand: How the China–Egypt Air Force Drill Shattered the Illusion of Israeli Hegemony

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Eagles in the Sand: How the China–Egypt Air Force Drill Shattered the Illusion of Israeli Hegemony I. Introduction: The First Crack in U.S.–Israeli Hegemony On April 19, 2025, Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force jets touched down at an Egyptian…

The Empire That Forgot It Was One: JD Vance, Greenland, and the Death of the Rules-Based Order

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The Empire That Forgot It Was One: JD Vance, Greenland, and the Death of the Rules-Based Order I. INTRODUCTION: THE EMPIRE IS NO LONGER SUBTLE This isn’t a drill. This isn’t a weird headline you laugh at and scroll past…

ISR: The Eyes of a Dying Empire: How America Watched the World Burn—One Thermal Feed at a Time

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ISR: The Eyes of a Dying Empire: How America Watched the World Burn—One Thermal Feed at a Time I. Prologue: The Empire That Watched Itself Die A drone orbits over a parched village outside Kismayo.The feed is clean.The horizon shimmers…