TEHRAN – Donald Trump’s attendance at the 47th ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur marks a symbolic yet telling redirection of American foreign policy. After two decades of overreach and strategic exhaustion in West Asia, Washington appears to be searching for a new stage on which to project power. Southeast Asia dynamic, contested, and economically vital offers a setting where the U.S. can reassert visibility while avoiding the immense political and military costs that have accompanied its interventions in the Middle East.Read More
Trump’s ASEAN outreach and Washington’s strategic drift from West Asia
By Tehran Times
