Isn't this article just another sign of western/US based interests feeling like they might have already lost the race ? It feels far more like a 'feelgood' arti

Isn't this article just another sign of western/US based interests feeling like they might have already lost the race ? It feels far more like a 'feelgood' article to prevent panic and to reinforce propaganda of western superiority for the masses, I just can't view it as a structured argument...