The post–Cold War unipolar order is decisively over. What is replacing it is not a neatly balanced multipolar system governed by shared rules, but a far more unstable environment shaped by power, capacity, and self-interest. The escalation–de-escalation cycles that have characterized recent U.S. policies – across trades, immigrations, industrial strategies, and foreign interventions – areContinueContinue reading “The Law of the Jungle”