Three Analysts Uncover the Fact That the US Military's Position is Increasingly Vulnerable to Xi Jinping
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Amidst the clamour of war, the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, and the global scramble for strategic resources, the map of global power is slowly changing shape.
The world, which for decades has been dominated by the United States, is now moving towards a new era: a competition between two giants, Washington and Beijing, which is no longer just about competing for political influence, but also about controlling the most fundamental infrastructure of modern life.
From the increasingly tense Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran-Israel-US conflict, to AI data centres and rare earth mineral mines, everything is now interconnected in a single, large thread: the struggle for control over the future of the world.
Three articles from international media outlets, Al Jazeera, TRT World, and Fox News, show how the US-China rivalry is no longer limited to trade or military conflicts. The competition has entered a deeper realm: energy, technology, supply chains, and a country’s ability to control global dependencies.
Wenran Jiang, founding director of the China Institute at the University of Alberta, sees this change from the geopolitical perspective of the Middle East. In his article in Al Jazeera, he argues that the United States is now increasingly dependent on China in the midst of the Hormuz Strait crisis. According to him, after the US military’s involvement in the Iran conflict, Washington faces great pressure due to the disruption of global energy routes.
“For the first time in several decades, the United States is in a very vulnerable position, increasingly dependent on China’s cooperation to escape the disaster it has caused itself,” Jiang wrote.
Jiang’s view highlights one important thing: China is no longer positioned only as a “challenger” to the United States, but as a power that is considered capable of determining the stability of global crises. In the context of the Hormuz Strait, Beijing is considered to have significant diplomatic influence over Iran, so Washington has no choice but to open more intensive communication with Xi Jinping.
Interestingly, Jiang argues that Beijing is not in a hurry to save the United States. China is instead seen as playing a “long-term game”. In his article, he states that Beijing wants to use the momentum of the crisis to promote the birth of a new multipolar security architecture in the Middle East, while also strengthening its strategic position on issues such as Taiwan and Japan’s influence in East Asia.
Meanwhile, Seyithan Ahmed Ates’ article in TRT World takes readers to a different arena of competition: artificial intelligence or AI.