America is tired — not of work, but of the very idea of holding Asia in its orbit. My new article explores how Washington’s diplomatic maneuvers are turning into self-sabotage: alliances look stronger on paper, yet trust is slipping away. What matters here is seeing this not as an accident, but as the logical outcome of years of policy built on coercion and exceptionalism.

If you’re interested in how the familiar order is cracking — and who felt the fractures first, the full analysis is in my latest piece for NEO. It picks up where my work on tariff weaponry left off, shifting the lens to diplomacy and its inevitable costs.