Miscalculation: An Autopsy of NATO's Failed Strategy for a Long War
Prof. Glenn Diesen
To preserve the international system based on US hegemony, the US has to prevent the rise of other centres of power. The China-Russia partnership has become the key challenge to US hegemony. The strategy by the Biden administration was to use Ukraine in a proxy war against Russia to knock it out from the ranks of great powers, so the US could focus on China. As NATO lost the proxy war, the US began shifting toward a new strategy of winning Russia over to its side of the ledger and creating some divisions between Russia and China.
The fact that Trump is (apparently, it's never entirely clear what Trump's actual objectives are, he's a master of strategic ambiguity (the most polite way I can say it)) pursuing the Empire's second-preferred option after recognising that the most preferred option isn't possible, suggests he's not the maverick disruptor of Empire he's advertised as. A cynical man might conclude that he's the antithesis to the progressive thesis, but not yet the ultimate synthesis towards which the Empire is aiming us.
Glen, Would be great if you could compilate the transcript and post it here too. Thanks for your efforts. Have a great day....