Sunday 22 April 2012
The American strategic pivot is actually a network Global military power on our patio

What President Obama calls pivoting military strategy on Asia is actually a major shift that will have long term consequences, much more serious than most people, except military analysts, have taken the trouble to ponder. The background, of course, everyone is aware of, and consists of four elements; Asia has become an economic powerhouse and deserves to be treated as the principal global strategic theatre, post the Soviet and East European collapse; commitment to European defence is no longer a priority; thirdly, petro-region states have improved their military muscle and need a nanny less and less, and in any case a southerly thrust from  Russia/Soviet Union is not a worry; finally there is the other elephant in the global chamber, China.  

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