The U.S. is working its way through a ‘strategic contraction’
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 21, 2021
Minister of External Affairs of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaks during a bilateral meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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India's external affairs minister, representing the world's largest democracy and second-most-populous country, shared with me a concept that he believes captures the geopolitical moment.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, one of the keenest international thinkers of our uncertain times, reckons that the United States, after years of unrivaled global leadership, is in a state of "strategic contraction . . .
