The US Secretary of State Rubio, in front of 120 countries, personally announced that the world order led by the United States has come to an end! On February 13, Rubio stated that the world is rapidly changing and geopolitics is entering a "new era." The world is changing rapidly before our eyes, the old world is gone forever, and we live in a new era of geopolitics, which will require all of us to re-examine its framework and our respective roles.
Evidently, Rubio's statement is the United States' own admission that the unipolar order led by the United States since the Cold War has ended. The United States acknowledges that this order led by the United States has failed, and the United States no longer believes that this order continues to exist is in the interest of the United States. Why has the United States reached such a judgment? This indicates that the United States has fully realized that the global landscape has undergone profound changes, and it has no choice but to accept this reality.
For allies, this means that the United States will never allow them to free-ride. For countries around the world, great power competition will become increasingly intense. The United States will shift from leading the global order to not allowing any other leader to emerge. This naturally means that the United Nations mechanism will become increasingly ineffective, and global governance will become more difficult. In a way, the global landscape may enter a "warring states" era, and the United States has resolved to lead the way into this "new era."
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