Simmering geopolitical tensions have unraveled into proxy wars, with both parties backing militant groups in geopolitically weaker nations throughout the MENA region.
“China’s Century” is a neologism that has become increasingly pertinent in the past few decades, with the Global Language Monitor finding that the “Rise of China” was a news story whose popularity eclipsed 9/11, the Iraq War, the election of Obama, and even the British Royal Wedding (!).