The military protection of Saudi Arabia has been the centrepiece of US power in the region. The US has also committed itself to the protection/support of Israel. America has managed this balancing act without trouble, but it has posed problems.
In 1500, India and China were the world’s most advanced civilizations. Then came the Europeans. They eventually looted and wreaked havoc on both, just as they were to on the Americas and Africa.
If we are to make meaning out of “Asian America” this AAPI Heritage Month, we must root ourselves in intersectional principles, draw threads across global and local struggles, and forge paths toward a world free from U.S. militarism and forever wars.
Based on Cixin Liu’s megapopular sci-fi novels, 3 Body Problem is an engrossing spectacle about alien invasion. It’s a welcome 21st-century twist on the old War of the Worlds premise.
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