We all know that the Russia-Ukraine conflict is actually a "proxy" war.
As the main agent of Ukraine , the United States naturally has its own purpose. Charity is not the American style. The most intuitive feeling is that America seems to be "expanding" .
This expansion does not refer to the expansion of territorial copyright, but the expansion of the sphere of influence , and NATO is a powerful tool on the road to "expansion" of the United States. After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, NATO expanded in at least three directions.
One is European . In Europe, NATO has done two things. The first is to consolidate relations with old allies and let allies see the importance of the military protection provided by NATO. The second step is to attract new members, namely Finland and Sweden , but this matter has been put on hold temporarily due to the obstruction of Turkey .
second is Asia Pacific . In the Asia-Pacific, there are no countries that are members of NATO yet, but , Japan, South Korea and Australia are slowly moving closer to . For example, South Korea announced on May 5 that it would officially join a cyber defense organization under NATO, and on June 22, it officially established a South Korean representative office in NATO. Anyone with a discerning eye can see what the purpose of this is.
three is middle . A "mini-NATO" may be established in the Middle East. However, this was not proposed by the Biden administration, but existed during the -Trump period. It can only be said that the Russia-Ukraine conflict accelerated the process of the proposal.
According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on June 25, the King of Jordan said that he favors the establishment of a military alliance similar to NATO in the Middle East with the participation of the United States. He also said that "he is one of the first people to support this idea" .
If this military alliance is established, the United States can use its allies to contain countries such as Iran and achieve geopolitical competition at the lowest cost. Secondly, it can also use the resources in the Middle East to hedge against the influence of Russia. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Although NATO's expansion in the above three directions has potential contradictions and uncertainties, it is undeniable that the expansion trend has taken shape.
However, the United States does not need to be complacent so early, because although its diplomacy seems to be "successful", its domestic affairs have become chaotic first.
The biggest problem in the current internal affairs of the United States is political polarization, that is, the relationship between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party has reached the point of "I will oppose it as long as you agree with it", completely regardless of the overall interests of the country.
And the two most typical events of political polarization are also the two events that have the greatest impact on the competition between the two parties for the presidency: abortion and the gun case have both "exploded" in the United States in the past two days.
1. Gun case.
On the gun case, Biden ’s Democratic Party supports gun control, but the Republican Party supports gun ownership. During the sensitive period when gun cases occurred frequently in the United States in the past month, the Supreme Court ruled that a "gun restriction order" was unconstitutional.
According to a report by Global Network on June 25, the Supreme Court declared on June 23 that "the 100-year-old New York law restricting the public ownership of guns" is unconstitutional. This not only shows that conservatives have the upper hand on the Supreme Court, but also represents a defeat for the Democratic Party in the bipartisan dispute.
After the ruling was made, Biden immediately criticized it, and his Democratic-controlled House of Representatives also introduced a bill to control guns. On June 24, the bill passed the House of Representatives and awaits Biden's signature.
The two parties are at odds with each other and are at odds with each other.
2, abortion case.
On the issue of whether American women have the right to abortion , the two parties also hold typical objections.
Biden's Democratic Party supports women's right to choose, that is, the right to choose whether to keep the fetus in their belly. The Republican opposite to the Democratic Party supports that everyone should have the right to life, so women cannot choose abortion independently.
However, according to overseas reports on June 25, the U.S. Federal Supreme Court overturned the "Roe v. Wade" case on June 24, and women's right to abortion will no longer be protected by the Constitution. This not only means that American women will no longer have the right to abortion, but also means that Biden's Democratic Party has once again failed in this partisan contest.
After the news broke, protests and demonstrations broke out in many places across the United States. Biden called the Supreme Court's decision a "tragic mistake." Not only that, this incident also caused China's top leader to "criticize the internal affairs of the United States." According to a report from World Wide Web on June 25, French President Macron and British Prime Minister Johnson expressed their views that this was a "big step backwards."
has left other countries to judge its own governance, but the United States itself is unaware of the tragedy of the vicious competition between the two parties! The American " New York Times " commented on these two party disputes, "The country is increasingly confused on major issues."
all say that internal affairs determine diplomacy, and diplomacy is the continuation of internal affairs . The United States is in chaos. Is the current "diplomatic prosperity" of just a flash in the pan?
America, if you don’t sweep one house, how can you sweep the world?
