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US urged to join Asia-Pacific trade group, shift European forces to Indo-Pacific
Chief among the problems, Blackwill and Fontaine argue, is that Obama’s “pivot” lacked a clear articulation, with officials involved having different understandings of its objectives and metrics for success. But they also acknowledge that the “lost decade” …