When it comes to the question of political status for the island, one thing that I have seen to always be taken for granted is the permanence of U.S. power and hegemony. COVID-19 and other issues like climate change force us to consider a geopolitical future in which the U.S.
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either does not remain something akin to the regional hegemon or decides to decrease its presence in the Asia-Pacific region due to domestic constraints.
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Now, none of this is me hoping for this or saying that this is going to happen (though some may obviously misconstrue that and mistake my analysis as "mere activist rhetoric"), I am merely trying to articulate that the issue of political status cannot just be what status one
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thinks is best OR think that the one permanent factor is U.S. power or even interest in the island. That decision needs to heavily take into consideration the geopolitical environment of the time in which the vote is taken.
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Agree wholeheartedly. We can dream, but with constraints due to present circumstances we must also be realistic.
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