The Asian Pivot and the Revolving EmpireHow Americas Asian Strategy Spells Potential Disaster With the obvious decline of the United States and the simultaneous rise of China as both an economic and military world power, the increasingly provocative nature of the relations between these two nations draws up a roadmap for a potentially dangerous future conflict that is global in scope. The Asian Pivot of the Obama administration has served only to open up one more front on the geopolitical battleground for world hegemony, a stage that already has more than enough potentially explosive players to involve the entire world in the most destructive confrontation ever witnessed in recorded world history. Indeed, the situation in Asia remains volatile, particularly when coupled with the growth of China and its economic expansion across the world and the antipathy held toward China by Japan who is increasingly attempting to break free from American domination while, at the same time, using every available resource to block the Chinese expansion to what it views as its own historical land claims. This traditionally tense relationship between China and Japan is compounded by Barack Obamas recent statement that the United States supports Japans claims to the Senkaku islands and that the United States would thus be bound to defend Japan if the conflict took a military form. Yet, short of documenting the history of the Japanese-Chinese American friction and geopolitical tug of war, it may be helpful to consult the words of documented insider, Zbigniew Brzezinski, in his book The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives.[1] The book, written in 1997, seemed to lament the fact that the public would not support such blatant imperialism unless they truly viewed the crusade to be in their own immediate self-interest. Only fours year later, the public would receive such a sudden threat or challenge to their sense of domestic well-being in the form of the 9/11 attacks. However, the Grand Chessboard discusses so much more than the lack of desire to wage war by the general public absent a perceived threat. The book discusses in detail the various major players in the geopolitical game and the methods they may use to achieve their goals of hegemony. With this is mind, Brzezinksi discusses at length the role that China and Japan centered around the geopolitical goals of the United States play in world affairs and the potential for conflict between the three nations. For instance, Brzezinski writes, Thus, Brzezinski points out the three-way relationship lined with tension that is presented by the future direction of Chinese influence. The Americans, on one level of geopolitical strategy, seek to contain the growing Chinese influence and to maintain dominance over Japan. Obviously, China does not want to be contained and wishes to expand that influence even further, thus provoking tension between the two powers. Japan, while seeking to expand its own influence yet not desiring to render itself a sitting duck for an angry Chinese assault (military or economic) attempts to do so by using the Americans as a bulwark against any such Chinese aggression. However, Japan also wishes to see itself as more independent from the Americans in the process, thus provoking tension between the U.S. and Japan at a much more subtle level compared to that existence between the U.S. and China, but still a festering pustule of disagreement waiting to explode in the future. This situation, while dangerous for Japan on numerous levels politically, economically, and militarily is extremely dangerous for the United States, if not more so. This is because not only will it be the United States that bears the brunt of any military confrontation resulting from the dispute between China and Japan but also because the strategic interests of the United States, once it is drawn into a conflict with China, will likely be forced to engage military forces in other parts of the world. In addition, the economic effects of a Chinese confrontation would likely send the United States into the economic dark ages for years to come. Obviously aware of these types of consequences even as far back as 1997, Brzezinski continues by presenting another option. He writes, What is more concerning for Brzezinksi, however, is the potential alliance of China, Russia, and Iran essentially, any alliance organization that could threaten Anglo-European imperialism and world hegemony. In this regard, Brzezinski writes, This alliance, of course, has largely taken place both out of mutual benefit and of necessity. From Russian/Iranian interests in Syria to Chinese economic interests in the region, the Russia-China-Iran axis has become and is becoming an increasingly powerful reality. Most of all, however, this alliance has developed as a defensive mechanism due to the aggression of the Anglo-Europeans against the interests of the three target nations. Indeed, it is important to remember that Sino-Russian relations have enjoyed friendliness at an unprecedented high level in recent years. As Feng Yujun of the Peoples Daily wrote in 2011, The two countries have thoroughly solved border issues rooted in history, provided each other with firm support in fields such as sovereignty, security and development interests, and maintained growing mutual trust. Furthermore, the two countries have established a comprehensive high-level communication mechanism and the leaders of the two countries have made frequent exchange visits and meetings. Thus, Brzezinskis most dangerous scenario has already begun to manifest itself openly on the world stage. Yet, although Brzezinskis book seems, at first glance, to argue for American primacy and global hegemony more by the implementation of wise political strategy than blunt force, the fact is that much of what Brzezinski argues for cannot conceivably come as the result of non-violent means. The entirety of the argument ultimately leads to a confrontation between the United States and at least two other major world powers China and Russia. It would be foolish, of course, to suggest that Brzezinski is unaware of this fact. Indeed, it appears that a confrontation with these world powers, particularly Russia, is exactly what Brzezinski wants. Webster Griffin Tarpley correctly understood this concept when he addressed Brzezinskis connections to the Obama campaign in 2007-2008 and those that his faction of the ruling elite hold over the Obama administration today. In his book Obama: The Postmodern Coup, Tarpley wrote, Indeed, Americans may soon discover that the Path to Persia ultimately leads to a more dangerous destination than Tehran. Notes: [1] Brzezinski, Zbigniew. The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives. Basic Books. 1997. Pp. 54-55. Recently by Brandon Turbeville: Brandon Turbeville is an author out of Florence, South Carolina. He has a Bachelors Degree from Francis Marion University and is the author of six books, Codex Alimentarius The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies,Five Sense Solutionsand Dispatches From a Dissident, volume 1 and volume 2, and The Road to Damascus: The Anglo-American Assault on Syria.Turbeville has published over 300 articles dealing on a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties. Brandon Turbevilles podcast Truth on The Tracks can be found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com. 