Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the nonprofit, nonpartisan Rand Corporation. He formerly served as an intelligence adviser at the Pentagon.
Reversing Trump's regional strategy now would be confusing and wasteful


The port of Djibouti has become a military outpost for China: limiting U.S. attention to China within Asia-Pacific is no longer sufficient. © AP
Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the nonprofit, nonpartisan Rand Corporation. He formerly served as an intelligence adviser at the Pentagon.