Washington as a failing player in great-power-competition is trying to rig the context by acting as the umpire. It is caught in its old paradigm of competing by posturing, while the world has moved on to relations based on practical proposals and tangible results.

Global War on Dissent

Therefore, Washington accused China of doing what it has been doing, but without any evidence. Its attack on free media was also noted earlier in 2021 when it shut down 36 Iranian media sites, greatly limiting the diversity of voices, far beyond what China could achieve by buying stakes in other outlets. From the foregoing, Washington has been silencing dissent by attacking the media from its appointed ‘adversaries’. The reason for this cranky behavior is that Washington has been yanked out of its comfort zone, where it thrived by causing chaos and posturing through its media as the savior, to current times where it has to compete with parties that are presenting practical developmental solutions to their partners.

Washington in Unfamiliar Paradigm of Competition

While Russia and China are interacting with Africa through partnerships in security, donating grain and fertilizer, and building infrastructure, Washington bets on winning through indoctrination of Africans, which is strange. Africa stagnated in the 1980s, 90s, and 2000s due to endless cycles of Washington-led chaos orchestrated through interventions and bombings in Somalia, Sudan, Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Sahel. Such occurred in the post-soviet paradigm, when The East was weak and looking inwards. Things have changed, such that the Russians the Chinese are back with practical partnership solutions as opposed to the........

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