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Dragon-Proof American Foreign Policy Forged in Fire, Burns China

Xi Jinping’s grand schemes are suffering severe blows.
Dragon-Proof American Foreign Policy Forged in Fire, Burns China
An F-35C Lightning II preparing for launch on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln at an undisclosed location in the Middle East, on March 2, 2026. U.S. Navy via AP
Stu Cvrk
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Commentary

President Donald Trump’s dragon-proof foreign policy systematically targets and reverses Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s era of Chinese geopolitical and economic gains. It combines economic pressure, targeted regime disruptions, military actions, and hemispheric reassertion to erode China’s influence in key regions, disrupt cheap resource flows, undermine proxy networks, and reassert U.S. dominance. This directly counters Xi’s narrative of inevitable U.S. decline and multipolar “Global South” realignment.

Stu Cvrk
Stu Cvrk
Author
Stu Cvrk retired as a captain after serving 30 years in the U.S. Navy in a variety of active and reserve capacities, with considerable operational experience in the Middle East and the Western Pacific. Through education and experience as an oceanographer and systems analyst, Cvrk is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he received a classical liberal education that serves as the key foundation for his political commentary.