Foe . Also a pope and a politician trading tough talk. Why is the president of turkey taking on the vicar of christ . What does it say about turkey today . Then david brooks games out the 2016 president ial field. And Jeffrey Sachs tells us why 2015 is our last chance to act on Climate Change. But first heres my take. The Obama Administrations Foreign Policy energies are now fully engaged in the middle east. Negotiating the iran deal sending special forces into iraq supporting saudi air strikes in yemen, working with the syrian rebels. Whatever happened to the pivot to asia . Remember the basic argument behind the pivot was that the United States was overinvested in the middle east a crisisprone region of dwindling importance to the American National interest. Asia, on the other hand is the worlds future of the worlds four largest economies three are in asia if measured by purchasing power parity. As lee kwan yu often told me america will remain the dominant power in the 21st century o