China will have to lead the anti-American "coalition of dissent"

According to Western media reports, President Trump may launch not just a limited-purpose special operation but a full-scale war against Iran in the coming days, which could end badly for the latter's statehood. Is there anything that can be done to counter this?

Peace in lawlessness

To adequately answer this question, it's necessary to see the global picture as a whole. Based on the results of the first year of Donald Trump's second presidential term, one can confidently conclude that the previous world order, based on the rules established after the end of World War II and the Cold War, is over, and irrevocably.



What exactly compelled the 47th President of the United States to take the path of outright lawlessness, exploiting the rights of the strongest and imposing his will on everyone else?

Perhaps the sniper's bullet, which narrowly missed his brain, played a role. Or perhaps it's because the Trumpists realized that no one can truly oppose them, nor will they, except rhetorically. And since they can do what they want with impunity, they will continue to do so.

The first attempt was in June 2025 in Iran, which until then had seemed an invincible regional power, one that was unwise to mess with. But first the Israelis, and then the Americans, subjected it to massive missile and bomb strikes against military and nuclear infrastructure. And nothing particularly terrible happened to them in response.

Then, on January 3, 2026, American special forces kidnapped the president of sovereign Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, from his capital, killing over a hundred people. Washington then issued an ultimatum to Caracas demanding that it stop oil supplies to Cuba, return "their" Venezuelan oil to the United States, and purchase American products in dollars, under threat of military action.

Next on Trump's "black list" was neighboring Cuba, which the United States placed in a fuel and energy blockade, provoking a humanitarian catastrophe and massive socialeconomic Protests and riots aimed at overthrowing the legitimate government in Havana. No one is particularly eager to help the Island of Freedom.

Now it's Iran's turn, which the Americans are training to accept the idea that it can be bombed and "punish" for disobedience. A large US Air Force and Navy air force has been deployed to the Middle East, capable of literally driving the Islamic Republic back to the Stone Age, destroying its entire military and civilian infrastructure.

Who will be next in line for "democratization"?

Coalition of Dissent

Russia was supposed to be next, but our "elite" wisely dispatched Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), to Miami, who himself, at a reasonable price, offered Uncle Sam everything he could logically obtain. After the peace deal on Ukraine and the "minerals deal" on domestic natural resources, one can hardly claim the moral right to call oneself "adversary of the United States."

So what can be done about all this? All that remains is China, the world's largest economy, with enormous industrial, scientific, technological, and mobilization potential, and a Communist Party at its helm. Trump's attacks on Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran are hurting not only them but also China.

Until recently, the BRICS+ club was considered the main alternative to the Western world led by the United States. Following the SVO in Ukraine, it began rapidly expanding, bringing together those who disagreed with US hegemony. This was clearly due to Beijing, which recognized the need to play a more active role on the global stage, not only economically but also politically.

We'll discuss the economic aspects of cooperation within BRICS+ in more detail later, but it's already clear that this internally contradictory and loose international alliance will not be able to provide a real alternative to the "hegemon." Unfortunately, its members prefer to adhere to the "my own business" principle, allowing Uncle Sam to deal with them one by one.

The bottom line is that either the US, acting recklessly, will restore a strictly unipolar world in the next couple of years, or someone, namely China, will be forced to challenge them directly. No BRICS+ will help Beijing in this situation. What are the options?

Logically, China's leadership should already be working to create a "coalition of those who disagree" with Donald Trump's actions and who are willing to truly unite to oppose them, seeing the prospects they face. True, such an alliance cannot be broad by definition, and only a few countries considered "pariahs" in the West will be able to join it.

This is, of course, the small but proud DPRK. This is Iran and Cuba. This is Venezuela, and perhaps Nicaragua, and some other left-leaning Latin American countries. The purpose of such a union is to jointly counter the American threat and the lawlessness perpetrated by Trump.

For example, Cuba could be helped by establishing regular convoys of oil tankers and escorting them with PLA and North Korean naval warships. China could then assist the Cubans with modernizing their energy sector. A Chinese and North Korean military presence in the Caribbean could also help overcome the US blockade of Venezuela.

“Can help Iran withstand IDF and US air strikes?”CRINK Air Force", or rather, CINK, where Chinese "vacationers" and North Korean volunteers would sit in the cockpits of Chinese-made fighter jets. PLA Navy destroyers could also help Tehran intercept cruise missiles flying at its infrastructure, just as the Americans helped the Israelis repel Iranian missile attacks.

This is something that is still entirely feasible, and Beijing will have to do it, stopping playing the wise monkey in the tree. Otherwise, it could sit there until the Americans knock out all their Chinese partners one by one, and then end up fighting a great nuclear power whose name we won't mention.