Trump's pivot to the Indo-Pacific from Europe is clear

Brahma Chellaney, a professor of strategic studies at the independent New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research and fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin, is the author of nine books, including "Water: Asia's New Battleground" (Georgetown University Press), which won the Bernard Schwartz Book Award.

U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to swiftly reorient foreign policy in his second term, shifting America's strategic focus from Europe and the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific -- an increasingly pivotal region in shaping the global order. Trump has already hosted the prime ministers of India and Japan separately and initiated efforts to end the Ukraine war, a conflict that has diverted U.S. attention from pressing Indo-Pacific challenges and made China the big winner.