Washington’s concerns over “a resurgent Russia and a very, very aggressive China,” as put recently by a top air force general, indicate that the US is losing more ground in areas where Beijing and Moscow exert an influence, an analyst says.
US Air Force General Herbert Carlisle recently voiced concerns that Beijing and Moscow were pushing the US out of Eastern Europe and South China Sea, a pattern underpinned by a recent surge in intercepts of US warplanes by Chinese and Russian fighter jets.
“Their intent is to get us not to be there, so that the influence in those international spaces is controlled only by them,” Carlisle said in a USA Today interview released Sunday. “My belief is that we cannot allow that to happen.”
According to Eric Draitser, geopolitical analyst at StopImperialism.com, the remarks could indicate that the US is “now facing the potential of actual denial of its dominance.”
“Typically, the US is comfortable and…