港媒：美国固守霸权思维企图分裂世界，危害深重！

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港媒：美国固守霸权思维企图分裂世界，危害深重！

来源：中国日报 2024-07-23 18:01

Today, divide and rule is practically Washington’s badge when it comes to international relations. As Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad put it: “The US is fond of having countries opposing each other.” Indeed, Washington appears to have a penchant for encouraging discord in and between countries.

Politically, the Biden administration has classified countries in the world as democracies vs non-democracies based on its own criteria. This “us vs them” approach of favoring some countries and ostracizing others works to stoke ideological confrontation – the effect is to drive a wedge among countries that have otherwise enjoyed cordial ties, such as among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Economically, Washington is pushing hard for decoupling, setting up exclusive trading blocs like the “Chip 4” semiconductor alliance, and restructuring global supply chains that had otherwise served businesses reasonably well.

Militarily, the Biden administration takes pains to build alliances. It supported NATO’s expansion, strengthened both the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing alliance (with Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (with Australia, India and Japan), and created the Aukus pact (with Australia and Britain), in what looks like a Cold War throwback.

On NATO’s decision to expand cooperation with Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, Moon Chung-in, who was special adviser on foreign affairs and national security to then South Korean president Moon Jae-in, noted earlier this month there could be no logical reason for it except for “propping up US primary in the region”.

Admittedly, Washington does not resort to divisive tactics all the time, but it refrains only when it aligns with its geopolitical objectives. In most cases, Washington has opted for division over unity, discord over harmony and war over peace.

Pitting a country against another serves two purposes. The first is to control and take advantage. For example, when Washington takes sides in a conflict, its backing is intended to tether the party it supports to the US orbit, to help develop and exacerbate its dependence on Uncle Sam, and this can have dangerous consequences.

Washington’s support of Ukraine in the Ukraine conflict, for example, has rendered Kyiv a pawn in the geopolitical contest between the West and Russia. The intervention has also strengthened Washington’s grip on the European Union, making the bloc more reliant on the US in energy and security, and increasing the likelihood of the EU being drawn into a direct military conflict.

The second purpose of pitting a country against another is to weaken, particularly one’s adversary.

Years of US support for Saudi Arabia against Iran has had the effect of perpetuating hostilities between the Shiite and Sunni Muslims in the Middle East. US efforts to enfeeble North Korea has only led to heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula.

US actions have also led to civil strife in other countries, often in the name of promoting democracy and human rights. The US has been accused of orchestrating “color revolutions” and even Arab spring, with devastating consequences for countries such as Libya: disorder, recession and untold suffering.

In a recent interview, Columbia University’s Professor Jeffrey Sachs said Washington had been involved in more than 80 regime change operations around the world since 1947.

Washington’s efforts to play peoples and countries off against one another is surely driven by its burning desire to hold on to its hegemony. A world divided is easier to control. But such a policy is not just immoral – it is calamitous for the world.

It means market fragmentation, economic destruction, social upheaval, loss of lives, and, above all, it could eventually trigger another world war. Washington’s divide and rule could turn into divide and ruin – for the future of the world.

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