The U.S. in Asia Lee Jung eun Tatyana Dakhnich

Contents  Introduction Relations from Cold War to Post Cold War between Asia – the U.S.  Asia’s hedging strategy VS USA leadership What’s hedging Challenges for the U.S. leadership Strength of the U.S. Outlook of the relations  Conclusion

How to change in their relations? Give & Take The U.S -> the Asia states - Economic support - Security guarantee The Asia states -> The U.S. - Following the the U.S ‘s guideline - Ideological support (capitalism, democracy) Cold war Collision between them Asia’s hedging strategy ⇔ the U.S strategy Relatively equal position because of economic interdependence. Post Cold war Breakdown of communism Asia’s development

What is hedging? Literal meaning  If you hedge against something unpleasant or unwa nted that might affect you, especially losing money, you do something which will protect you from it.  If you hedge your bets, you reduce the risk of losin g a lot by supporting more than one person or thin g in a situation where they are opposed to each oth er. Countries in Asia became to hedgy for their own interests as every country did, based on the growth! ⇒ Make their own boundary and seek for a way that the counties could get back their rights or initiatives in economy and security issue, and making decisions not just following other’s guideline.

Challenges for the U.S. leadership  Opposition of local governments to the USA leadership  The China rising  Asia-Pacific Multilateralism and creating independent alliances

Strength of the U.S.  The security role  Balancing role  Role of government investigation  Role of non-governmental actors  Role of multilitarism Role of Trans-National Corporations Role of the Pacific Command USA and ASEAN`s interaction

Out look  In the Perspective of the U.S Decay and Decline in U.S. Leadership Assertive U.S. leadership Consultative Engagement

Out look  Probable Asian’s strategy Strengthen Asian community based on credibility - Multilateralism in Asia Sense of ownership by Asian-selves

Conclusion  The U.S’s influence in Asia could be hardly increased even by security issues or economical independence.  The U.S’s influence in Asia have been declined by overall growth of Asian countries and their hedging strategy, even if they still depend on each other economically.  Variables can make the relations not be able to be predicted every time. For example) the North Korea’s nuclear attack  From the instability and unpredictability, the breakthrough of U.S.’s strategy would be found.

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