The strategic shift to the Asia-Pacific
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Authors
Cruzcruz, Angel D.
Subjects
U.S. adopting rebalance strategy
U.S. Rebalance Strategy
Rebalance military reasons
Rebalance economic reasons.
U.S. Rebalance Strategy
Rebalance military reasons
Rebalance economic reasons.
Advisors
Malley, Michael
Date of Issue
2014-09
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Sep-14
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Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
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In 2011, President Barack Obama announced that the United States was going to pivot toward the Asia-Pacific. There is widespread scholarly discussion as to whether this shift to the Asia-Pacific was motivated primarily by regional security anxieties or by larger economic and diplomatic interests. Through the analysis of China’s military growth and threatening behavior within the Asia-Pacific region, and the examination of various economic reasons to strategically shift to the Pacific, this thesis attempts to answer the question: Why did the United States decide in 2011 to adopt this rebalancing strategy and increase its military and economic resources to the Asia-Pacific region?
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National Security Affairs
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.