[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.
[The Trump era] is marked as much by policies that endanger vulnerable populations as by political bravado.
By the time Trump emerged, the post-Cold War consensus had already lost much of its social, economic, and strategic foundation.
Increased power, perhaps counterintuitively, appears to breed increased fear of weaker competitors.
[The] subtle moves by the U.S. to 'remilitarize' Japan have rattled China.
U.S. foreign policy remains highly transactional.
Beneath all the differing opinions, however, was one unchanging truth for each country: national interest comes first.
The more the U.S. interferes, the more likely [Venezuela] will drift into chaos.