In this essay, I pose a question related to the rise and fall of empires. Does the current impasse over the Strait of Hormuz demonstrate a waning of the United States’ capacity for worldwide power projection? Are we witnessing America’s Dien Bien Phu moment? What is a Dien Bien Phu moment? Dien Bien Phu was a battle which became a turning point in a colonial war. It is remembered because a guerrilla force was victorious over a conventionally equ…
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