@strypey Vijay Prashad tells of a "near-peer" view from the #USA
> In 2018, the #Trump administration announced that the war on terror was over and that the full force of the United States government was now going to be to prevent #Russia and #China — .. what then-Defense Secretary #JimMattis called near-peer competitors — these near-peer competitors had to be prevented from rising. That was the #USdoctrine, has not pulled back by the #Biden administration.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/4/15/vijay_prashad_russia_ukraine_global_south
#NearPeer