It is now widely agreed that Obama, under whom Blinken served as Deputy Secretary of State, ceded to China uncontested control of the South China Sea. Obama’s so-called ‘pivot to Asia’ was all talk and no trousers. Blinken, who believes that diplomacy must be ‘supplemented by deterrence’, may be about to implement a more aggressive foreign policy in South East Asia and elsewhere.
"Stop China": Wind of change in western strategy?
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