Quite true.... and when I do, I see that you should add Kazakhstan to that encirclement list. As it is being baited very similar to how Ukraine has been. Are we witnessing the next Ukraine in the making?

25 May 2023

“It would be a mistake for the United States not to seize this moment” RAND https://www.rand.org/blog/2023/05/a-unique-opportunity-not-to-be-squandered-advancing.html One of the authors, Robert Schlesiger, is a military attaché and security cooperation officer. First published it in https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2023/05/25/a_unique_opportunity_not_to_be_squandered_advancing_our_relationships_in_central_asia_901624.html

6 Jun 2023

Is the US is priming Kazakhstan against China and Russia? Now hitting two birds with one stone? https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/6/6/russia-faces-a-new-neighbourhood-threat-china The author, the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs, is financed by the US government. They’re not even hiding it. > https://www.highergov.com/awardee/oxus-society-for-central-asian-affairs-12749640/

10 July 2023

In today’s news >> https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/23/moscow-west-trying-to-create-kazakhstan-russia-wedge

Interesting background ref > https://scheerpost.com/2022/01/22/the-three-types-of-u-s-regime-change/