The rise of transactional unilateral diplomacy—most visibly associated with U.S. President Donald Trump—has exposed structural vulnerabilities in the alliance system.
[I]f China can lead by example in helping to maintain or even reshape the international order, it will succeed in filling the void left by the United States.
[W]e see that what is happening in our contemporary world ... are signs and omens of an uncertain future ... causing Western democracy as a whole to head toward collapse,