Anne Applebaum

I mean, in Africa and Asia and every European country and inside the United States as well. You know, again, if the United States is now ceding and saying, we're not having this argument anymore. We don't care who wins, you know, then we are allowing the rise of Chinese influence everywhere on the planet.

I mean, in Africa and Asia and every European country and inside the United States as well. You know, again, if the United States is now ceding and saying, we're not having this argument anymore. We don't care who wins, you know, then we are allowing the rise of Chinese influence everywhere on the planet.

I mean, in Africa and Asia and every European country and inside the United States as well. You know, again, if the United States is now ceding and saying, we're not having this argument anymore. We don't care who wins, you know, then we are allowing the rise of Chinese influence everywhere on the planet.

And that will sooner or later have economic and other kinds of implications for Americans and for American companies. You know, I know it's several levels away from most people's realization, but it is a It would be a profound change, you know, a revolutionary change in the way the U.S. is. A lot of people don't like the U.S. already, you know, stipulate.

And that will sooner or later have economic and other kinds of implications for Americans and for American companies. You know, I know it's several levels away from most people's realization, but it is a It would be a profound change, you know, a revolutionary change in the way the U.S. is. A lot of people don't like the U.S. already, you know, stipulate.

And that will sooner or later have economic and other kinds of implications for Americans and for American companies. You know, I know it's several levels away from most people's realization, but it is a It would be a profound change, you know, a revolutionary change in the way the U.S. is. A lot of people don't like the U.S. already, you know, stipulate.

And a lot of people always thought, you know, we talk about all that stuff, but it's bullshit. We don't believe it. So there would be all those people would then say, right, we told you so. Americans never, never believed any of that.

And a lot of people always thought, you know, we talk about all that stuff, but it's bullshit. We don't believe it. So there would be all those people would then say, right, we told you so. Americans never, never believed any of that.

And a lot of people always thought, you know, we talk about all that stuff, but it's bullshit. We don't believe it. So there would be all those people would then say, right, we told you so. Americans never, never believed any of that.

But the people who were for whom we were a source of hope and inspiration or, you know, a leader for whom we were playing a leadership role are going to be devastated and disappointed.

But the people who were for whom we were a source of hope and inspiration or, you know, a leader for whom we were playing a leadership role are going to be devastated and disappointed.

But the people who were for whom we were a source of hope and inspiration or, you know, a leader for whom we were playing a leadership role are going to be devastated and disappointed.

And the Chinese are also willing to subsidize these foreign projects in a way that, you know, the U.S. government has never done before. You know, a lot of their companies are quasi-state, quasi-private companies, you know, and they're sort of state capitalism. And so they'll be funding that in a way that we don't. And that also gives them an advantage.

And the Chinese are also willing to subsidize these foreign projects in a way that, you know, the U.S. government has never done before. You know, a lot of their companies are quasi-state, quasi-private companies, you know, and they're sort of state capitalism. And so they'll be funding that in a way that we don't. And that also gives them an advantage.

And the Chinese are also willing to subsidize these foreign projects in a way that, you know, the U.S. government has never done before. You know, a lot of their companies are quasi-state, quasi-private companies, you know, and they're sort of state capitalism. And so they'll be funding that in a way that we don't. And that also gives them an advantage.

There's another tangible and tangible aspect of this, which is that the source of American power and influence for the last 80 years has been our allies and our alliances. You know, the fact that we have, you know, America plus Europe is that's the actual superpower. You know, people talk about the unipolar moment. It wasn't ever just the U S by itself, you know, having all this influence.

There's another tangible and tangible aspect of this, which is that the source of American power and influence for the last 80 years has been our allies and our alliances. You know, the fact that we have, you know, America plus Europe is that's the actual superpower. You know, people talk about the unipolar moment. It wasn't ever just the U S by itself, you know, having all this influence.

There's another tangible and tangible aspect of this, which is that the source of American power and influence for the last 80 years has been our allies and our alliances. You know, the fact that we have, you know, America plus Europe is that's the actual superpower. You know, people talk about the unipolar moment. It wasn't ever just the U S by itself, you know, having all this influence.

It was the U S plus Europe, really the developed world, the US plus the richest countries in the world, plus Europe, plus the Asian democracies, plus Japan and South Korea and Australia, that group of countries which were able to act together to set the trade rules according to what, in a way that was beneficial, that could set the rules of international law or influence them so that

It was the U S plus Europe, really the developed world, the US plus the richest countries in the world, plus Europe, plus the Asian democracies, plus Japan and South Korea and Australia, that group of countries which were able to act together to set the trade rules according to what, in a way that was beneficial, that could set the rules of international law or influence them so that