Good morning,
For years, successive American leaders pledged to deepen economic and political engagement across all of Asia. Such promises “now elicit eye rolls” from leaders in the region, wrote Zack Cooper earlier this year. His essay was on my mind last week, when I was at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. Cooper argues not only that the United States’ “pivot to Asia has failed,” but also, more uncomfortably, that a comprehensive pivot is no longer realistic. He makes the case that Washington must choose where to maintain its commitments and where to pull back. If U.S. policy doesn’t change, he warns, Washington “faces the prospect that China could pick off U.S. allies and partners one by one.”
Until next week, |
