{The United States, meanwhile, is markedly absent from the discussion. "The United States has the potential to do all this stuff, but the Americans just aren't showing up," says Olander. "This is what we hear consistently throughout the Global South.}

https://www.newsweek.com/war-global-opinion-china-winning-opinion-1744007

That is pure delusional bullcrap!. murrika DOES show up in the Global South-- with bullets, bombs, tanks, drone-strikes, etc...

E.g. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/20/us-releases-video-of-afghanistan-drone-strike-that-killed-10-civilians