The repeated use of economic and technological dependencies as bludgeons against allies by America is incentivizing them to invest in reductions of those dependencies. Canada is diversifying its exports. EU is now fast-tracking its own satellite system in response to the Starlink fiasco. Similarly, prolonged Hormuz disruption is stoking the expansion of alternative energy routes away from the Strait. The US is testing the limits of leveraged hegemony, and the world is changing rapidly in response. https://alphabetasoup.substack.com/p/the-leveraged-hegemon