Recently, we see the “pivot” as a mechanism of foreign policy that is growing in significance. The pivot has become the swift adjustment of foreign policy priorities and alignments by individual countries within the context of the dominant multilateral approach of the post-WWII world. Pivots are not intended to be changes in foreign policy per se, but “on the ground” shifts that are merely adjustments to certain changes in circumstances. It seems that they are part of an ever-growing repertoire of intrigue and duplicity being used by world powers. We have seen a tsunami of pivots during recent years. The U.S. pivoted towards Bashar Assad by accepting a Russian-brokered deal involving Assad’s chemical weapons. Nonetheless, our policy remains anti-Assad. Sometime later, we pivoted towards our longtime foe, Iran, by hammering out an agreement with the ayatollahs allowing the removal of commercial and financial sanctions against Iran, the restoration...(Read Full Article)