[?] [?] [?] ? [?] [?] [?] • [B] Next New CommentNext New ReplyRead More The key difference in the current global affairs is it comes down to Empire vs Alliance. On one side, there is the US empire and the countries under its iron wing. Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are mere puppets of this empire in the East. And EU is the puppet in the West. The empire has only one power center. The advantage of this arrangement is the concentration of power and easily understood command structure. US and its ‘partners’ are like Soviet Union and Warsaw...