The article “The US pivot to Asia” by Jacob Goldberg dwells upon the issue of the shift in American foreign policy which consists in America’s gradually paying less attention to this region and focusing more on the Asia-Pacific region instead. In the article the author tries to find answers to several key questions, analyzing what incentives the Obama administration may have had to shift the emphasis of its attention gradually from the Middle East to the Asia-Pacific; what particular interests the US may have and what particular challenges may encounter in this new region of interest; the concrete Continue reading...