Your discussion of the fate of Ukraine is right on target. Putin has demonstrated how a leader-for-life can unilaterally transform the peaceful order. President Jingping is now the leader-for-life in China and who knows if/when he will snap like Putin. Not to mention Kim Jung Un and his menacing and erratic behavior.
I can see why these powerful countries in the Indo Pacific would want to ramp up their defense in the face of these threats. Not to mention the real potential that the U.S. may elect a pathological narcissist and sociopath in the next election and who knows what happens then?
Your discussion of the fate of Ukraine is right on target. Putin has demonstrated how a leader-for-life can unilaterally transform the peaceful order. President Jingping is now the leader-for-life in China and who knows if/when he will snap like Putin. Not to mention Kim Jung Un and his menacing and erratic behavior.
I can see why these powerful countries in the Indo Pacific would want to ramp up their defense in the face of these threats. Not to mention the real potential that the U.S. may elect a pathological narcissist and sociopath in the next election and who knows what happens then?