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Major powers compete for influence, security, and dominance, shaping global alignments and conflicts.
The Israel-US-Saudi coalition: Iran is an illegitimate existential threat
Ukraine's war is legitimate national defense deserving full support
NATO encirclement/provocation is the aggressor; Russia responds defensively
China is a strategic competitor; firmness, derisking and export controls justified
Russia is an aggressive threat; deterrence and rearmament are justified
Taiwan/Japan under Chinese coercion; deterrence and administration legitimate
Erdogan's Turkey is a two-faced, hostile actor
North Korea's proliferation and closed door are a hardening threat
Pressure on the governments in Caracas and Havana is justified
Cartels are terrorists and Mexico's state is compromised; US pressure and intervention are justified
Reopened US-Russia channel and energy waivers are pragmatic realism
America First: allies freeload on US protection and must pay / rebalance
US strategic expansion (Greenland, hemisphere) is legitimate necessity
US alliances on the peninsula are a containment instrument