Islamabad Pakistan January 8 ANI The strategic orientation of the US foreign policy has shifted dramatically under the Joe Biden Administration and it appears that the Greater Middle East Region is now a minor area of interest and that Europe and the Indo-Pacific Region IPR are more important for the United States, according to an analysis.
After the US left Afghanistan, now it is ready to confront both the Chinese and Russians with credible and powerful forces in order to dissuade them from endangering US interests in one or both regions, writes Imran Malik in The Nation, a leading daily newspaper in Lahore, Pakistan.
The United States will invest in developing and strengthening infrastructure in the affected areas in order to assist future operations, according to The Nation.
NATO appears to be advancing dangerously near Russia's borders, calling Russia's regional policy and assertiveness into doubt. NATO is concerned about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, which appears to be within the Russians' perceived security perimeter zone.
According to Russians, no former Soviet republic should be admitted to NATO, and no offensive weapon systems should be stationed on its borders. Presidents Putin and Biden are concerned about the situation and have already spoken about it. More talks are planned, according to The Nation.
The US regards China as a pacing challenge in the Indo-Pacific Region IPR and is particularly enraged by its presence and assertiveness in the East and South China SeasChina Seas IPR.
India, a strategic ally of the United States and a member of the Quad, is unavoidably drawn into this raging cold war.
The US and its allies will try to block China in the Malacca Straits IPR, while India is tasked with delaying, disrupting and destroying China's Belt and Road Initiative BRI and particularly China-Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC, according to The Nation.
The BRI-CPEC provides China with an alternative, but vital, route to the Arabian Sea Indian Ocean region. A critical blow could be delivered by seriously upending the space matrix and the BRI-time CPEC. India will be successful.