India, Oct. 26 -- The Indo-Pacific has overtaken the Atlantic to be the most important of the two. Meanwhile, Asia has overtaken Europe where Gross Domestic Product is concerned. Of course, some European leaders such as President Macron of France still have their minds tethered to the past rather than the present and foreseeable future. Geopolitically, BRICS Plus has far more GDP than the EU and the UK combined. As far as the US is concerned, the volume of trade with Asia is now greater than the volume of trade with Europe.

The ascent of Asia has not gone unnoticed by the exceptionally capable (barring a few) Cabinet appointees of President Donald Trump. They have understood that the real challenge to US primacy in the world is China, wh...