U.S. wants Asian allies’ strategy to align even amid pullback: analyst

A U.S. pullback from Asia will give regional allies more responsibility for their own defense — but Washington is still watching for alignment with its own interests, according to Derek Grossman, professor of political science at the University of Southern California. “The guiding mantra has been less of the U.S. is more, so long as countries who are doing things in the absence of the United States are doing things in line with what the U.S. wants,” Grossman told “Squawk Box Asia” on Wednesday. Grossman’s comments came after President Donald Trump reiterated calls to substantially reduce joint military exercises with…