Japan is the only significant power that could theoretically challenge the US in the next 30 years but has chosen not to, instead making friends with both American political factions by ratifying a humiliating trade deal with Trump that Japan's successor endorsed to Biden, treating the US as a strategic partner rather than competitor.
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Peter ZeihanEvidence Quote
“only power that is both navel... overlap and potentially clash... Shinzo Abe realized... demographic... hand in glove with the United States... humiliating trade deal... trade deal stands... only country who has seen this coming... make friends on both sides”
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Peter Zeihan: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization— Commonwealth Club World Affairs of CaliforniaCreated: 8/12/2026, 10:34:46 PM
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