🌍 Global Power Shifts & Sri Lanka's Strategic Policy Deficit

• Sri Lanka's Political & Economic Gap: The analysis attributes Sri Lanka's enduring crisis to the absence of a progressive, left-liberal political alternative. Unlike the US, where democratic socialism (led by figures like Bernie Sanders and AOC) offers structural reforms to late-stage neoliberalism, Sri Lanka's current left has either converted to neoliberal policies or relies on outdated, impracticable models. Historically, a balanced synthesis of progressive and liberal-democratic ideas supported the island's early developmental model of high literacy and social welfare. • US-Iran Conflict & Global Resistance: The US-Israel airstrikes earlier this year, which killed Ayatollah Khamenei, and subsequent US bombings in Iran have deepened geopolitical fractures. The massive, cross-border public mourning in Iran and Iraq signifies a highly resilient, transnational resistance capable of sustaining a protracted asymmetric conflict against Western forces. • NATO-Russia Confrontation: The war in Ukraine has evolved into a full-scale conflict between Russia and NATO forces. The West's efforts to achieve a "strategic defeat" of Moscow serve as a direct precursor to targeting and encircling China. • China's Strategic Risk: Russia and China function as mutual safe rear bases. If Russia faces a strategic defeat, China’s western border risks cracking, ending the "Eurasia Dream" and leaving it completely encircled by Western allies.