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Amid the Iran war, the U.S. has pivoted it's geopolitical attention away from Asia

A decade ago, the U.S. was still in its "pivot to Asia." Today, as conflicts in the Middle East suck up American military resources, analysts say that pivot is over — or never really began.

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Emily Feng is a White House correspondent at NPR. Previously, she was a foreign correspondent for NPR covering China, Taiwan and beyond. 

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