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has now returned to the administration, this time as the assistant secretary of defense. His new appointment makes him the Pentagon's point man for East Asia and the Pacific at a time whe 38. Jane Harman served nine terms as a congresswoman from California, stepping down in 2011 to lead the Wilson Cen

ntinues to shape foreign-policy debates, arguing just last month in the Washington Post for a broader and less confrontational military strategy in the Asia-Pacific. 42. Anne-Marie Slaughter As Hillary Clinton's director of Policy Planning from 2009 to 2011, Anne-Marie Slaughter oversaw the massive Quadrennia

bitter historical memories and fresh, global aspirations -- in short, it's a toxic mixture of geopolitics. In fact, a military crisis is brewing in East Asia -- one that is being played out hundreds to thousands of kilometers away from these desolate islands. A New Air Defense Zone In Beijing, 1,600 kil

As a Pacific nation, the United States will play a larger and long-term role in shaping this region and its future," Obama said. US reengagement in the Asia-Pacific also referred to America's military presence. General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Obama's chief military adviser says

n the South China Sea and generally unnerving most of the region, the Obama administration has reconfirmed the central role of the United States in East Asia. The opening of a new base in Australia is a powerful symbol of America's enduring strategic presence in the region. The opening with Burma obvious

lishments are the successful intervention in Libya under the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine; the institutionalization of the U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific through membership in the East Asia Summit and much more active regional diplomacy; the creation of the G- 20 as a permanent leaders' forum, thereby

as was Europe's in the 1980s — and it is taking place at a vastly lower level of development than the corresponding flights in Europe and developed East Asia. "Something really big is under way — and practically no one has noticed it, even in the Arab world," argues Eberstadt. These studies are a remind

there is something of a vacuum in Middle East policy. But the issue is deeper than that. The Obama administration has declared it wants to focus on the Asia-Pacific region and, surprisingly, it means what it says. Only a year after troops withdrew from Iraq, that country is not talked about in Washington, like