Is US pushing its Asian allies to do more to counter China?

Reports that a senior Pentagon official has been telling America’s European allies to stay away from the Indo-Pacific may be a sign that Washington will ask its Asian allies to shoulder more responsibility for countering China, according to some analysts.
On Tuesday, Politico reported that defence undersecretary for policy Elbridge Colby had tried and failed to stop Britain from sending an aircraft carrier to the Indo-Pacific.
The report cited sources who interpreted the Pentagon’s No 3 as…