# East Asia Rise

Pax Americana in Retreat: How the Middle East Crisis is Shifting the Global Axis toward East Asia

Tsinghua University's Yan Xuetong argues that the ongoing Middle East conflict is eroding U.S. security credibility and forcing global powers to rethink their strategic reliance on Washington. This shift is positioning China as a more reliable partner and accelerating East Asia's rise as the new center of global gravity.