As great-power bargaining between the US, China and Russia collides with three regional triangles, finding a balance will be key to managing competition
Northeast Asia is not being divided by one line. It is being pulled by several overlapping triangles.
This layer functions as a pressure regulator. If US-China-Russia bargaining stabilises Taiwan, Ukraine, nuclear risk and sanctions, it can lower the temperature in northeast Asia. If it becomes opaque, transactional or dismissive of regional interests, it will make US allies, China’s neighbours and North Korea more anxious. Great-power management can lower regional tensions; great-power trading can intensify them.
Source: News - South China Morning Post
