The failure of US unconventional wars
As a special additional commentary, I am republishing an article of mine, “The failure of US unconventional wars,” published in Global Times on March 25. Global Times is China’s national English-language newspaper, operating under the auspices of the People’s Daily.
For the last decade, the US has unleashed a new type of warfare, involving a hybrid methodology with economic, political, military, cultural, and ideological dimensions. Economic sanctions, support for proxy military forces, and ideological distortions are its calling cards. It is utilized against nations that refuse to subordinate their interests to those of the US.
The unconventional war is possibly the last stage of US imperialism. The unconventional war cannot reverse decades of US economic decline, rooted in insufficient attention to the productivity of its national economy. It therefore cannot attain its goal of sustaining US hegemony in the neocolonial…