I have little doubt the CCP will retain control over their westphalian state. But if maintaining continuity of government is winning then the taliban is winning.
You're still thinking of the game as a great powers contest, a perception which frankly I reject, because America isn't one great power. It's several powers, transposed upon each other geographically and each fighting for control over continuity of the empire they happen to geographically share.
People who think the wars of the 21st century will be about nations are playing the game by old rules that haven't been the case since Bill Clinton.
The wars of the 21st century will be about philosophy, and once they begin in earnest they'll be every bit as bloody as the 30 years war was.
Define win.
I have little doubt the CCP will retain control over their westphalian state. But if maintaining continuity of government is winning then the taliban is winning.
You're still thinking of the game as a great powers contest, a perception which frankly I reject, because America isn't one great power. It's several powers, transposed upon each other geographically and each fighting for control over continuity of the empire they happen to geographically share.
People who think the wars of the 21st century will be about nations are playing the game by old rules that haven't been the case since Bill Clinton.
The wars of the 21st century will be about philosophy, and once they begin in earnest they'll be every bit as bloody as the 30 years war was.