President Biden said America was back on the world stage but didn’t say where on that stage. Scarcely two weeks after America’s ignominious exit from Afghanistan and a costly 20-year war that has left little but destruction and anguish in its trail, America has joined Australia and the UK in another adventure.

Professor Poast talks about what the deal means, whether it will counter and intimidate China, and where it leaves America in relation to its allies.