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Latin America between war and peace – VRIC monitor
By SFS team
Chinese spy balloons were spotted in the skies of the Caribbean while Iranian warships sailed into the South Atlantic.
Incidents that may seem isolated are correlated with several conflicts taking place in Central and South America as Great Power Competition turns into Great Power Confrontation, coming to the shores of the Western Hemisphere.
Three years into a China-induced global pandemic, one year into the Ukraine war, Russia pulling out of the nuclear START treaty, and Iran’s Fordow nuclear site recently discovered to have close to weapons-grade uranium particles—the world is inching closer to a global conflict that could see direct, and non-direct actions escalate in various theaters simultaneously.
More evident than ever, the VRIC alliance (VRIC stands for Venezuela, Russia, Iran, and China) has diminished its geographic disadvantage with the United States by building joint capabilities and strategically positioning itself in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Beyond all the natural differences each external state actor has with one another lies a mutually beneficial coordinated effort to shape a supposedly “multipolar” world, redesigning the international order in an authoritarian image and likeness.
The primary target is the United States and democracies worldwide.
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