Editing Openai/6935aaed-f35c-8004-8137-e0b2dcf25c84 (section)

==== Let’s mark the big nodes: ====
* US Node (Washington) – still the core of the dollar system, global finance, and security guarantees, but under Trump’s new National Security Strategy it explicitly pivots to a Western Hemisphere focus and semi-abandons Europe’s security, while downplaying Russian aggression. The Washington Post<ref>{{cite web|title=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/05/trump-europe-russia-national-security-strategy/|publisher=The Washington Post|date=2025-12-05|access-date=2025-12-07}}</ref> - In Bridge360 terms: US moves further into Band C (high contradiction, high noise): still powerful, but less reliable as “global OS maintainer”.
* EU Node (Brussels/Frankfurt + capitals) – - Carrying a massive Ukraine burden (financial, military, refugee, energy). The EU has put >€170B into Ukraine and is now debating a €90B plan backed by frozen Russian assets, which itself creates legal and financial fragility. AP News<ref>{{cite web|title=AP News|url=https://apnews.com/article/cc6062353d6ef8dd91a1fff87ce208ee|publisher=AP News|access-date=2025-12-07}}</ref> - Scrambling toward “strategic autonomy” in defense, energy, industry and tech, but hampered by internal disagreements, ageing demographics, and low productivity growth. Roland Berger<ref>{{cite web|title=Roland Berger|url=https://www.rolandberger.com/en/Insights/Publications/Europe-s-growth-problem.html|publisher=Roland Berger|access-date=2025-12-07}}</ref> - Energy grid, energy poverty, and regulatory burden are live entropy sources. Reuters<ref>{{cite web|title=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eu-plans-strategic-overhaul-fix-energy-grid-bottlenecks-ft-reports-2025-12-06/|publisher=reuters.com|access-date=2025-12-07}}</ref>
* Japan Node (Tokyo, embedded in East Asia Shield) – - Has quietly re-branded itself as an economic security hub: “strategic autonomy” (reduce vulnerabilities) + “strategic indispensability” (become non-replaceable in key technologies and supply chains). Reuters<ref>{{cite web|title=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/plus/partners-in-resilience-how-japan-and-the-world-are-redefining-economic-security|publisher=reuters.com|access-date=2025-12-07}}</ref> - JBIC is refocusing finance on secure supply chains, semiconductors, critical minerals, energy, shipbuilding, largely with the US and other advanced partners. Reuters<ref>{{cite web|title=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russian-manufacturing-sector-faces-sharper-output-decline-november-pmi-shows-2025-12-01/|publisher=reuters.com|access-date=2025-12-07}}</ref> - Japan + Korea + ASEAN “East Asia Shield” already sit near the manufacturing and tech spine of the world economy. ING and others expect Japan and Korea to be outliers with accelerating growth in Asia in 2026, even as others slow. ING Think<ref>{{cite web|title=ING Think|url=https://think.ing.com/articles/asia-2026-six-big-questions-shaping-the-outlook/|publisher=ING Think|access-date=2025-12-07}}</ref>

Overlay that on the dollar system:
* The US dollar is still structurally dominant (trade invoicing, reserves, safe assets), but we now have a gradual multi-directional transmission of financial conditions (BIS) and slow diversification in hedging behavior and currency roles. Federal Reserve<ref>{{cite web|title=Federal Reserve|url=https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/the-international-role-of-the-u-s-dollar-2025-edition-20250718.html|publisher=Federal Reserve|access-date=2025-12-07}}</ref>
* In Bridge360 language: the GOS is no longer a single-core CPU in Washington; it’s becoming a multi-core cluster.

The question is: which auxiliary core gets the bigger share of “OS responsibilities”: Europe or Japan?