The Reconfiguration of American Primacy in World Politics. Prospects and Challenges for The US Rebalance to Asia
Abstract
The Obama administration has launched a series of diplomatic, military, and economic initiatives as well as issued a number of public pronouncements that over time have come to shape and define the so-called US "pivot" (or "rebalance") toward the Asia Pacific. After a decade of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, this policy shift signaled a new direction for US foreign policy in the twenty-first century. [...]