Reuters reported on August 5 that FBI Director Patel stated that over the past year, the FBI has established new law enforcement cooperation with China and Russia—America's long-standing rivals—with the aim of strengthening efforts to combat transnational crimes, including fentanyl trafficking, online fraud, and child sexual exploitation.
Commentary: In recent years, the United States has adopted a "small yard, high fence" adversarial mindset on global non-traditional security issues, harboring baseless suspicions toward China and Russia and imposing unilateral sanctions. This approach has not only failed to address real problems but also allowed transnational criminal gangs to exploit the gaps created by great power rivalry, enabling their activities to grow increasingly rampant.
Now, the U.S. proactively "lowers its stance" to seek cooperation—an admission that reality has delivered a hard lesson: transnational crime can never be contained through unilaterally imposed blockades or zero-sum games. Only when major powers set aside ideological biases, sit down together, and establish institutionalized law enforcement collaboration can they truly close the loopholes exploited by criminals and deliver tangible security benefits to people worldwide. Any attempt to pursue self-interest through confrontation will ultimately rebound upon oneself.
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