Implications Of US's Strategic Shift To Asia

The pivoting of the US to Asia is caused more by its growing strategic significance and American aspiration to become the dominant power of this dynamic growth zone than its potential to unsettle the transition of world politics. US President Donald J. Trump’s persistent pursuit of strength, prosperity and peace aims to lay an edifice for America to be the global powerhouse ahead. The sovereignty-sensitive Asian nations are adjusting to the emerging global order. Political stability in the world in general and Asia in particular, however, requires both coordinated leadership of super powers and their matching responsibilities. It is not clear whether America’s pivoting to Asia is inspired by China’s inexorable rise with global initiatives or Russia’s pivoting to Asia following its confrontation with the Atlantic nations over its invasion of Ukraine for the latter’s interest to join NATO or pursue global peace by converting former adversary into friends, restart strategic arms limitation talk, avoid the risk of World War III.