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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China is no longer prepared to accept U.S. strategic primacy as the natural or desirable order Northeast Asia.
Beijing should see reunification as being in its best interests, eliminating the nuclear risk that has troubled Northeast Asia.
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.
As military readiness and overseas presence decline, potential aggressors in Africa, the Middle East, Northeast Asia and elsewhere will be emboldened.
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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This will put pressure on the non-proliferation regime in northeast Asia.
What we do know is that the primary foreign policy imperative for China is its sphere of influence in northeast Asia, not the regime per se.
Mr. Kerry's lack of imagination bodes well for Pyongyang's goal of perfecting its nuclear and missile capabilities, and bodes ill for the security of northeast Asia.
Of course, if the present turmoil spreads deeper into Northeast Asia, as it seems to be doing, Washington will no longer be able to stand aside.
Last week's agreement has absolved them of responsibility for their facilitation of the North's intransigence, and strengthens their position in any future crises in Northeast Asia.
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.
Yet the threat of major theater wars in Southwest and Northeast Asia is no less today than it was when the two-major-theater-war standard was articulated some 20 years ago.
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In a new round of talks with North Korea, the administration could risk appearing to regional allies and others as though it is tilting toward China in Northeast Asia.
Asians, on average, tend to be smaller with shorter extremities and long torsos evolutionary adaptations to harsh climes encountered by Homo sapiens who migrated to Northeast Asia 40, 000 years ago.
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"Certainly, they are testing us and using the opportunity created by the Chinese diversion, " said Narushige Michishita, a Northeast Asia security expert at Japan's National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
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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At the same time, evidence has emerged that the Chinese have developed the capacity to churn out medium-range missiles, which would likely be the weapon of choice in any conflict in Northeast Asia.
Human rights, democratic reform and the development of a market economy are not luxuries for North Korea they are the very essence of what will permanently end the threat to peace in Northeast Asia.
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