Why The USA Needs Partners in the Pacific

The United States of America has become increasingly unsatisfied with its commitments to the European Union and the old alliance network that defeated the Soviet Union during the Cold War from 1945 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and, finally, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990.

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Since the election of George W. H. Bush from 1989 until 1993, the United States has continually voted in presidents who are becoming more Pacific-focused and disengaged with European affairs.

When George W Bush became president-elect in 2000 and served in office from 2001 until 2008, he began with policies more focused on the Pacific and deescalating tensions with the Russian Federation.

However, with the United States becoming embroiled in the war on terror and the invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003, the United States became refocused on Europe and conflicts in the Middle East.

The USA fighting the war on terror meant that the American policymaker focused primarily on the Middle East region, which enabled bad actors like the Russian Federation to invade Georgia in 2008 and the expansion of Chinese soft and military power in the Pacific.

With the end of the war on terror in 2021, the United States can now manoeuvre without the concerns of Iraq and Afghanistan due to the Americans being dependent on supplies that could only be shipped to NATO forces in the region through…