No Pivot to Asia

Diplomatist, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 2013

3 Pages Posted: 5 Jun 2013

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Amitai Etzioni

The George Washington University

Date Written: March 1, 2013

Abstract

If anyone had doubts that the much ballyhooed 2011 pivot to Asia was not much of a move, and that all the hot spots continue to be in the near, not far, east (east viewed from an American vantage point), the recent news should have removed these doubts. Reports suggest that the first international trip the President is planning to make at the start of his second term will include stops in Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. Secretary of State John Kerry was on the phone with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders even before he reached his desk. Making peace here is said to be one of the only two international issues that President Obama is emotionally engaged in and sees as part of his legacy. (The other is equally quixotic: moving toward zero nukes – by further reducing the strategic arms the US and Russia are holding, thus “inspiring” other nations to follow.)

Suggested Citation

Etzioni, Amitai, No Pivot to Asia (March 1, 2013). Diplomatist, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2274329

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