The United States government’s “pivot towards Asia” has become a favoured topic of political commentators around the world. The idea of the “pivot”, first mooted in 2011, was to reengineer US foreign policy and foster better relationships with new and emerging powers, particularly China. It was developed with the intention of rowing back America’s many and unsustainable security commitments on the international stage. Now, as The National reported yesterday, the “pivot” has been observed in an entirely different theatre.
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