Phillips P. OBrien
@PhillipsPOBrien
Professor of Strategic Studies, @univofstandrews; Author of War and Power (Summer 2025)
Joined February 2015
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It is amazing how little the press is willing to dissect US decline under Trump. The US got no help with Iran, was scolded on Taiwan, says it got a small Boeing deal (China has not confirmed) and Trump appeased on Chinese students, microchips, etc. Xi even insulted US power.
And yet it is being reported as a modest successful event. It was a strategic failure by the US and marks a notable moment in US decline.
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