Pakistan, March 7 -- The frosty exchange between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2024 was less a diplomatic dialogue than a collision of irreconcilable worldviews, a spectacle that laid bare the accelerating decay of the international system. Against the backdrop of smoldering Ukrainian cities and Russia's relentless artillery, the meeting-initially framed as a negotiation-unfolded like a geopolitical theater of the absurd. Trump, ever the disruptor, doubled down on his trademark blend of bravado and transactional calculus, demanding Ukraine cede territory to end the war while dangling aid as a carrot for access to lithium reserves. Zelenskyy, his defiance sharpened by years of existential struggle, refused to barter land for life...