I think the nest few decades, the US was the cause of these problems. It just won't allow competitors to emerge.
To the US, competitors are threats to it's dominance.
W.H.O. what are we gonna do?
a) inject them with the Wuhan Flu?
b) chop em up like the Saudis do?
c) feed em to the bears like the Chechens do?
d) gas them up like the Germans do?
e) nuke em up like in World War Two?