There are important reasons for the distinct yet significant
course adjustments in American and Western foreign policy, which
currently focuses on Middle Eastern and Chinese "hot spots." In
early 2012, the United States "pivoted" to make the Far East its
military and strategic first priority, thereby downgrading the
Middle East. This change in priorities has been accompanied by a
curtailed military budget and the end of the two-war doctrine.
With a new preface by the author, Hot Spots argues that turning
toward the Far East is premature and flawed in principle. China can
and should be treated as a potential partner in a changing global
order, rather than contained and made into an enemy. At the same
time, he argues, the true hot spots continue to be in the Middle
East, albeit not in Iraq or Afghanistan, but in Iran and Pakistan.
Less urgent, but of great importance, are the ways the West deals
with a complex and varied Muslim world, with political Islamic
parties and social movements, and with future waves of Arab
awakening. Here the distinction between security and nation
building becomes essential for both normative and strategic
reasons.
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