Washington’s aggressive posture of global belligerence is alarming many in the Asia-Pacific region. In July, for the first time since the 1980s, the United States deployed a nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine to the Republic of Korea (ROK). The U.S. and its allies in the region held talks on how to coordinate in the event of a nuclear war with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Rather than seeking to reduce tensions in the Korean Peninsula, President Joe Biden’s administration is doubling down on the militarization of the Asia-Pacific region. While the American “pivot to Asia” policy, an attempt to reassert U.S. geopolitical influence in East
