Lost Decade — how the US fell behind in checking China

Precious little unites the clashing sides of American politics. But as they square off in the upcoming U.S. election, likely candidates Joe Biden and ex-president Donald Trump more or less agree on the urgent need to push back against Beijing's rising global sway. Both men promise to pay more attention to Asia, even if it comes at the expense of Europe and the Middle East.

Such rare bipartisan agreement does not mean rapid progress, however, as Robert Blackwill and Richard Fontaine argue in Lost Decade, a new book detailing recent failed attempts to reorient U.S. foreign policy. Back in 2011 then president Barack Obama launched a “pivot” to Asia. Trump and Biden continued in a similar vein—but to little effect.

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