Dave5

Pax Americana rests on two pillars: US military might and diplomatic power. By failing to rein in the scale of Israel’s actions in Gaza or in deterring Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, those pillars seem shaky. Bolstering them requires swift and decisive action from Joe Biden. The cost of continued relative inaction is simply too high.

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2024/01/pax-americanas-last-gasp

Feels like Trump has actually won¹. It too a few years but this seems like an apt metaphor for the tumbling of Pax Americana:

1. It mirrors the effect of 9/11… Osama achieved his goals ↩︎