In 2018, I wrote an article called “A Supreme Conspiracy – The Russian Connection”. Later, it developed into a book, “The Supreme Conspiracy”, in which I theorized about a conspiracy to divide the world into three spheres of influence that was proposed by Russia and endorsed by some radical but powerful elements in the U.S. The Russian proposal would allow Russia to dominate the stretch of land from Gibraltar to Vladivostok, the U.S. to control the Americas, and China the rest of Asia and the Pacific Rim regions.
The developments of the past few years seem to have taken the “theoretical” out of the context and the conspiracy is taking shape.
China in its traditionally reticent ancient wise way, has solidified its dictatorial grip on its citizens without giving in to the animalistic instinct of killing every real or perceived enemy as consistently practiced by the Russians and North Koreans, and tried to expand its influence using its mighty economic power. Russia, a pretended democracy, is and will never be a democracy even if its current president, Vladimir Putin, is no longer in charge. Its un-democratic nature is dictated by its vast stretch of territory and mostly un-enlightened population.
In the U.S., Democracy has worked effectively to prevent dictatorship from happening. But since MAGA has acquired power, it has taken steps to plant the seed and done everything for dictatorship to take roots. Its argument, that a dictatorship is the way to prevent this country’s Christian traditions and Western civilization from being diluted if not replaced, but subtly hinting that immigrants have tainted the race, is persuasive to most white people. We will have to wait and see in November if they, the ordinary citizens not the billionaires or the privileged, still favor dictatorship over Democracy.
The past few years have seen a deliberate tendency of the superpowers to act without care about, let alone consultation with other countries: Russian invasion of Ukraine, American attacking Iran while keeping Europe in the dark. Russia and America have seemingly consulted only each other, and probably China. President Trump confirmed that Russia would not help Iran in the U.S.-Iran conflict, as if it conceded that both sides of the Persian Gulf were American domain free from interference by Russia and even China.
A quid pro quo must have, and seems to have, been in the work. Set aside the fact that America, out of the blue, created a problem for itself in Iran, if Russia refrains from getting involved in Iran, the U.S. must refrain from getting involved in Ukraine. That would explain the otherwise unexplainable: a pause of Starshield link network, non-delivery of the Patriots missiles to Ukraine, which is supposedly our ally, buying Diesel from and lifting sanctions against Russia, all these moves took place with meek opposition from some Republicans in Congress, which has enacted law imposing sanctions against, and prohibiting importing energy from Russia – sporadic voices in the Republican wilderness.
One step is being taken to move closer to a dictatorial tripolar world: the President of the United States has proposed a meeting of the leaders of the three superpowers, Trump, Putin, and Xi – and no others, to take place in Shenzhen, China on November 18 or/and 19, where and when the APEC summit will take place, as if all other leaders were just golf caddies.
The national media point out that American politics has now operated like the Mafia. It does not seem to be just American politics. The Mafia MO of the Dons from Chicago, New York, and Las Vegas calling a meeting of themselves to settle a dispute, say, in New Orleans, is being adopted internationally: the Dons in Washington, Moscow, and Beijing are calling meetings just among themselves to settle all disputes in the world.
For probably the first time in history, Europe has seen its relevance slipping away, and Russia, the perennial Me-Too in the continent is about to call the shots. The new world order, as the trends indicates, will also see the U.S.’s power under MAGA reduced to just one third of what it has been since World War II.
JOHN P. LE PHONG (This article appears on thelephongjournal.com, X, and Facebook)
