[T]his blacklist has long since superseded its original military-related purpose and is now Washington’s means of tracking and suppressing China’s top enterprises.
The shrinking of ambitions away from the Indian Ocean, as reflected in the reversion to the ‘Pacific Command’, suggests that the [U.S] is ceding the continent, including West Asia, to China.
The shrinking of ambitions away from the Indian Ocean, as reflected in the reversion to the ‘Pacific Command’, suggests that the [U.S] is ceding the continent, including West Asia, to China.
The Beijing summit did not produce a major agreement between the great powers on the region, but it firmly established that Middle Eastern crises are now deeply tied to the great-power dialogue.