As the Middle East goes, so goes the pivot? And other questions.

As the Middle East goes, so goes the pivot? And other questions.

by Daniel Blumenthal

The supposed grand master stroke of Obama's foreign policy, the Asia "pivot," is burning to death on the streets of the Middle East. The idea that the sole superpower can pivot away from any critical region was always strategically unsound. But even the Asia part of the pivot is not doing as well as the very self-satisfied Obamanians imagine (Full disclosure: I'm an informal advisor to Mitt Romney's Asia team). Herewith a few questions from a pivot skeptic: http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/09/24/as_the_middle_east_goes_so_goes_the_pivot_and_other_questions