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US ditching Asia to focus on Western Hemisphere? Not really
If anything, the US is deepening security relationships in the Indo-Pacific while it addresses some immediate vulnerabilities.
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A US Air Force B-52 strategic bomber (bottom) and Japanese F-15 fighter jets during a joint exercise over the Sea of Japan on Dec 10, following joint patrols by Chinese and Russian aircraft.
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This, when the US has access to no fewer than nine strategic locations in that country, as per the updated EDCA, the Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement.
