US, India, Australia and Japan are future of American power in multi-polar world

As the US tries to confront potential aggression by China in Asia and seeks to roll back the Russian invasion of Ukraine it must increasingly lean on partners and allies. This is what was lacking in the 1990s and early 2000s.

The US “go-it-alone” approach in Iraq in 2003, despite the supposed “coalition of the willing,” led to resentment against the US.

Now the EU has stepped up in Europe to help Ukraine. With appeasers such as Angela Merkel out of power, European countries are able to stand up to Russia.

In Asia different factors at at work. US President Joe Biden’s meeting with the “Quad” countries of India, Australia and Japan in Tokyo on Tuesday is now the symbol of US relationships and power in a multi-polar world. This matters for Israel because Israel can also work closely with the Quad countries as part of Israel’s close relationships with important countries in Asia.  

What does this mean?

Multi-polar means that the world has moved on from US global hegemony and the new world order of the 1990s. READ MORE