THERE are only three geopolitical powers; the rest are categorized below them. These are the US, China and Russia. We are in the Asian Century, and to that extent, the United States will have to stop playing global cop because that has led to disasters that caused the loss of lives, innocent lives at that. Destroying a nation is of no import to it as long as its hegemonic control pervades the political, economic and military order.

The US has made several pivots in the global order. There was the time of perestroika, Gorbachev and Yeltsin when it arrogated unto its sphere the tidings of democracy. Then in China after Tiananmen Square, it again highlighted the tenets of democracy. Then came Obama's 'Pivot to Asia' in November 2011. A 'vigorous debate has risen about what this means for US foreign policy and American grand strategy. Some experts worry that the pivot seriously weakens trans-Atlantic relations, leaves the Middle East in disarray and dangerously confronts China. Other experts argue that US vital national interests have shifted in the past two decades, that a pivot to Asia is required to address the Pacific Century and the threat of China, and that Asia is, therefore, where US military, economic and diplomatic resources should primarily focus.'