Creator Protector Destroyer

Nordstream II destroyer in Ukraine mess, Russia has Bakhmut, Zelensky fires Defense chief, China-Brazil dedollarise, China-ASEAN 3.0, small is beautiful in 149 BRI countries, China-Afghan US problems.

UPDATE: Today, the Long Mekong Daily looks through the Creator-Protector-Destroyer lens to see just how hubris can unravel a US ideal that never truly existed. And, how China’s trade-first and material well-being of the people is a win-win strategy for over 149 countries. There are lessons for the US to learn about soft-power and for China to learn abo…