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Joe Biden in Asia to counter China

2022-05-19T15:39:35.311Z


STORY – The American president is implementing his Asian pivot, his new priority in foreign policy. Correspondent in Asia Asia, finally, for Joe Biden. The American president begins his first tour of the region in Seoul this Friday, with his eyes fixed on China, returning to the strategic priority of his Administration, after months monopolized by the war in Ukraine. After "rallying the free world to defend Ukraine, he will seize this crucial moment to assert the strength of American leadership


Correspondent in Asia

Asia, finally, for Joe Biden.

The American president begins his first tour of the region in Seoul this Friday, with his eyes fixed on China, returning to the strategic priority of his Administration, after months monopolized by the war in Ukraine.

After

"rallying the free world to defend Ukraine, he will seize this crucial moment to assert the strength of American leadership in another vital region, the Indo-Pacific",

said Jake Sullivan, his national security adviser, on the eve of this trip to South Korea and then to Japan.

With the ambition of demonstrating that America remains the indispensable superpower, capable of managing crises on several fronts simultaneously while doubts are rising in Asian capitals about its long-term commitment.

And to reassure key allies on the front line in the face of Beijing's uninhibited rise to power, under the leadership of Xi Jinping, and faced with the nuclear headlong rush...

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Source: lefigaro

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