Major Powers Shut Out Rivals in New Era — SkimNews
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- Russia invaded Ukraine in part to prevent Ukraine's further integration with the West, the analysis argues, recasting the war as an act of strategic exclusion rather than purely territorial ambition
- The United States is restricting China's access to advanced semiconductors and encouraging allies to adopt similar controls, cited as a second pillar of the same exclusionary trend
Why it matters: By grouping the Ukraine war and US semiconductor curbs under a single 'strategic exclusion' frame, the piece reframes great-power rivalry as a structural pattern across political systems — meaning exclusion is no longer confined to one ideology but is becoming the default operating mode of major powers worldwide.
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