The US gains a lot through its ability to project power anywhere on Earth (including shipping). It's part of the total package that makes the US dollar the reserve currency for the world. There are simply too many vested interests in that status quo for the US to go full on isolationalist (aka "deglobalization").
Even if they do, China will step in to fill the void. This possibility alone will keep the US in the picture as it won't want to cede that ground.
What I really hope is with US foreign policy the left hand starts recognizing what the right hand is doing. For example, there is need for maritime esecurity in large part because of the regions the US has directly or indirectly destabilized to serve other goals.
Russia is of course the bad guy for invading Ukraine but the US sure did leave a lot of dry kindling lying around on a hot windy day (and is then shocked that a wildfire happened).
Take security around the Middle East. Saudi Arabia is a key US ally and is using US weapons to commit genocide on the Yemenese people and those that don't die from weapons are getting starved out by famine.
Maybe there wouldn't be such a need for maritive security if the US had a different foreign policy.
The US gains a lot through its ability to project power anywhere on Earth (including shipping). It's part of the total package that makes the US dollar the reserve currency for the world. There are simply too many vested interests in that status quo for the US to go full on isolationalist (aka "deglobalization").
Even if they do, China will step in to fill the void. This possibility alone will keep the US in the picture as it won't want to cede that ground.
What I really hope is with US foreign policy the left hand starts recognizing what the right hand is doing. For example, there is need for maritime esecurity in large part because of the regions the US has directly or indirectly destabilized to serve other goals.
Russia is of course the bad guy for invading Ukraine but the US sure did leave a lot of dry kindling lying around on a hot windy day (and is then shocked that a wildfire happened).
Take security around the Middle East. Saudi Arabia is a key US ally and is using US weapons to commit genocide on the Yemenese people and those that don't die from weapons are getting starved out by famine.
Maybe there wouldn't be such a need for maritive security if the US had a different foreign policy.