| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| Asian alliances in the 21st century | |
| Dan Blumenthal; Michael Mazza; Randall Schriver; Mark Stokes; L.C. Russell Hsiao | |
| 发表日期 | 2011-08-30 |
| 出版年 | 2011 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Read the full paper as an Adobe Acrobat PDF Asia will become the epicenter of geopolitical activity in the 21st century and the budding U.S.-China security rivalry, conditioned by deep economic interdependence, will shape the region’s future. The United States has played a major role in this ongoing geopolitical shift. Washington’s post-World War II Asia policy enabled a majority of Asian nations to economically develop and transition from closed to relatively open and stable societies. Asian countries achieved these goals by embracing the “liberal order,” characterized by democratic capitalism, built and maintained by the United States. [1] While these achievements are foremost the result of Asian efforts, U.S. policy deserves credit on three counts. First, U.S. military forces have both commanded the global commons—which includes the sea, air, space, and cyberspace—allowing for rapid and decisive power projection in the distant Asia-Pacific theater, 2 and have been forward deployed in Asia, providing the security umbrella under which Asian nations could develop. Second, the U.S.-led economic and normative order was open and widely accepted by many nations. Finally, when necessary, American presidents applied pressure on Asian leaders to move away from dictatorship and political decay toward political development and democracy. Yet these very successes for Asians and Americans have also brought forth an irony, and new challenges to the international order. Perhaps the greatest benefactor of American policy over the years—certainly since the normalization of Sino-American ties—has been the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Beijing benefitted from America’s successful containment of the Soviet Union as well as Washington’s decision to maintain its military predominance after the Soviet Union crumbled. Yet China, unlike its Asian peers, does not appear content with the American-made and -dominated international order. Beijing’s illiberal modernization and dissatisfaction with key aspects of the world order could imperil Asia’s relatively long peace. Simply put, PRC leaders may use the country’s newfound clout to undermine the geopolitical order. Indeed, China’s dissatisfaction and new ambition are beginning to define a security competition with the United States that in turn will reshape Asia’s future. Dan Blumenthal is a resident fellow and Michael Mazza is a senior research associate at AEI. Randall Schriver is president and chief executive officer, Mark Stokes is executive director, and L.C. Russell Hsiao is a senior research fellow at the Project 2049 Institute. |
| 主题 | Asia |
| 标签 | China ; Southeast Asia ; Taiwan ; Vietnam |
| URL | https://www.aei.org/research-products/working-paper/asian-alliances-in-the-21st-century/ |
| 来源智库 | American Enterprise Institute (United States) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/207129 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Dan Blumenthal,Michael Mazza,Randall Schriver,et al. Asian alliances in the 21st century. 2011. |
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