Its planned scope pretty much marks out the limits of Washington's alliances in Northeast Asia.
In fact, the Korean summit portends a reshuffling of the international calculus in Northeast Asia.
China has indeed reemerged as the dominant strategic power among states in Northeast Asia.
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Our alliance, forged in war, is now a cornerstone of peace, security and prosperity for all of Northeast Asia.
China has reemerged as the dominant strategic power among states in Northeast Asia.
Southwest Asia is different from Northeast Asia, and Iraq was a different adversary than Iran or North Korea would be.
From the ARF standpoint, just getting all the protagonists in Northeast Asia together for the first time was a triumph.
Secretary Clinton has always been a staunch supporter of peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and of course in Northeast Asia.
Virtually all oceangoing U.S. trade with the rest of the world now is conducted using vessels built in Northeast Asia and Europe.
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Navigating the geopolitical minefield in Northeast Asia is undoubtedly a tricky task.
Strenuous efforts need to be made and many miracles need to happen before this new security order in Northeast Asia can become a reality.
Clinton had earlier warned that North Korea's refusal to discuss its nuclear program could escalate tensions and provoke an arms race in northeast Asia.
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That concern is especially pronounced in Northeast Asia, the industrial heartland of the new global economy, because countries like China can afford to buy the latest military hardware.
In addition, the 2001 QDR explicitly abandoned the focus of prior defense planning documents on two canonical MTWs, one in Southwest Asia and the other in Northeast Asia.
The initial formulation was based on the concern that the United States might need to deal with aggression at the same time in both Southwest and Northeast Asia.
Conversely, a Northeast Asia MRC force could be tilted in favor of additional air and sea units with a smaller ground combat component in recognition of the capabilities of the South Korean army.
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The canonical Southwest and Northeast Asia scenarios remain.
"Mr. Abe is seen as being a more assertive Japanese leader, but they may wonder what he will do when faced with two such challenges, " said Narushige Michishita, a Northeast Asia security expert at Japan's National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
Clinton, who returned from Asia on Sunday after her first overseas trip as secretary of state, called North Korea's nuclear program "the most acute challenge to stability in northeast Asia" and has said there is a "testing period" at present about how diplomacy can move forward.
With the six-party talks in tatters and faced with such a highly explosive situation in Northeast Asia, we the people in this region need to make it loud and clear that the nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will not be tolerated, and that we need peace and development rather than war and confrontation.
She said the U.S. and South Korea can do more to strengthen their partnership, and called on Congress to pass a bill that would allow more Koreans to get visas to work in the U.S. And she urged President Barack Obama to start a multilateral dialogue process in Northeast Asia to help build trust within the region.
Asia has seen the most rapid deterioration, with the Northeast region in particular suffering a significant slowdown.
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