Since U.S. President Donald Trump took office last January, analysts have debated whether his administration is pursuing a sphere of influence strategy, an approach where great powers divide the world into privileged blocs.
This strategy involves the Trump administration laying claim to the Western Hemisphere, including through military and influence campaigns in Venezuela and Cuba, while implicitly allowing China to expand its political, military, and economic influence in Asia. The article argues that U.S. concessions are quietly becoming Chinese influence, suggesting a de facto global division. This is exemplified by the "lavish but substantively modest summit between Trump and Chinese leader Xi," which, despite its appearance, contributes to China's growing regional dominance. The U.S. focus on its own hemisphere, without sufficient engagement in Asia, inadvertently creates a vacuum that China is filling, leading to an expansion of its influence by default rather than explicit design.
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