Before writing that thinkpiece about how the UK can leverage its partnerships to assist a US strategy, first step back and ask what exactly in that US strategy is in UK interests and what is not.
I somehow doubt pushing an aircraft carrier around the South China Sea that gets pulled back into Europe the moment there is a crisis nearer to the UK's home waters will keep PLAN awake at night.
And before setting out whether the EU is well-suited or not to great power game around the South China Sea, worth asking whether this is even a game that an EU or UK facing a lot of problems closer to home should even be playing.
If China is primarily a geoeconomic problem for Europe, and European states including the UK don't have the resources to make a serious military impact anywhere near China's borders, then maybe the US's approach isn't one Europe should bother with.
The US isn't involved in NATO because it's a charity. It's involved in NATO to protect its existential economic and territorial security on the Eastern Seaboard. NATO does not mean European states need to unquestioningly pursue every US project outside of the Euro-Atlantic or Med
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