By Nirmal P. Acharya
Thirty years ago, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States became a unipolar power in the world. Since then, the United States began to free itself and bully the world, doing whatever it wanted, so that China, Russia, and Iran could not bear it anymore and formed an anti-hegemonic alliance, forming the "China-Russia-Iran triangle."
Once the "China-Russia-Iran triangle" is formed, the US hegemony will inevitably collapse. China is the largest industrial country, Russia is the largest resource country, and China and Russia together have more military power than the combined military power of the United States and Western countries. Iran, with China and Russia at its back, could undermine US hegemony in the Middle East.
The current world situation fully testifies to the power of the China-Russia-Iran triangle. Russia has won the war with Ukraine. In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran holds the initiative. Israel's patron, the United States, whose performance can only be described as evasive, does not dare to confront Iran.
If the United States fails to win the Russia-Ukraine war and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, it will lose its qualification for confrontation with China, and its "Indo-Pacific strategy" aimed at containing and attacking China will collapse without a fight.
So where does the MCC, which is part of the Indo-Pacific Strategy, go?
The US hegemony has personally forged an invincible anti-hegemonic force for itself—the China-Russia-Iran triangle. As China, Russia, and Iran push forward the strategy of counterdefense to attack, American hegemony will retreat from the Eurasian continent historically. The Belt and Road Initiative, which advocates "connectivity, joint contribution, and shared benefits," will be implemented under the impetus of the China-Russia-Iran triangle. Nepal, as a land-locked country, is a beneficiary of the Belt and Road Initiative.
The conclusion is that rather than succumbing to the Indo-Pacific strategy, it is better to embrace the Belt and Road. It's time to say goodbye to MCC.
The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect People’s Review’s editorial stance.
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