USA: Pacific, Not Atlantic Power (Pace Ukraine and Biden)

By: Sam Vaknin, Brussels Morning

The USA has pivoted from Europe to the Pacific immediately in the aftermath of the Cold War.

The USA has always been a Pacific power. The Atlantic Alliance is a relic of an aberration in US history after the USA was forced to reluctantly intervene in Europe twice in the space of 30 years (1917–1945).

Trump wants to ally with Russia (and a rearmed Japan) against China. China and Russia are historical enemies. It would make sense to divide the two and thus rule the geopolitical scene, at least for a little while longer.

Ukraine will pay the price, initially. But so will Europe. There is a new global security architecture emerging from Trump’s White House.

Trump accepts that all of Europe is a Russia’s natural sphere of influence. His main focus is on China.

Ukraine is just the latest in a string of ostensible allies betrayed by the USA. When the USA made overtures to China in the 1970s, it sacrificed Taiwan. The EU and NATO are next in line for abandonment and so is Israel, way sooner than they all expect.

Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. is a former economic advisor to governments (Nigeria, Sierra Leone, North Macedonia), served as the editor in chief of “Global Politician” and as a columnist in various print and international media including “Central Europe Review” and United Press International (UPI). He taught psychology and finance in various academic institutions in several countries (http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/cv.html )