17/5/15: Two Asias and the U.S. European Incentives

If you want to see the context to the ongoing geopolitical re-distribution of power that is threatening the world order, do not look at the margins of the European realm, like Ukraine. Look at Asia.
Here is an excellent discourse that supports the thesis of the emergence of two Asia:
Asia dominated (already) economically by China; and Asia dominated (for now) military-wise and geopolitically by the U. S. Read the full text here: and a summary here: Europe has already decoupled with the U. S. on the issue of Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, while BRICS have decoupled from the U. S. on a vast range of initiatives. But European signals of willingness to engage with the new Asia are going to continue being half-hearted, principally because of the second bullet point above – economic cooperation will not resolve the growing tension on geopolitical stage. Sooner or later, the U. S. dominance in Asia Pacific will be weakened to the point of the Western block playing a second (albeit not insignificant, by any means) role.

This post was published at True Economics on May 17, 2015.