Rebalance To Asia Iv Economic Engagement In The Asia Pacific Region

Rebalance to Asia IV, economic engagement in the Asia-Pacific region : hearing before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, December 18, 2013.

This book provides a multifaceted analysis of the so-called US 'rebalance' (or 'pivot') toward Asia by focusing on the diplomatic, military, and economic dimensions of the American policy shift in the Asia Pacific region.

Given the strategic emergence of the Asia Pacific region there has been a significant rethinking on the need to develop and strengthen relationships within the region and also with the United States. Therefore its becomes important to analyze how the regional powers will position themselves vis-a-vis the United States and how they would respond to the rebalancing initiative. CPPR – Centre for Strategic Studies provided a platform for prominent strategists, think tank analysts, leading experts and academicians to discuss, debate and map the future US role in the Asia Pacific, in its 2 day international conference on U.S Rebalance and the Asia Pacific region.

Both the U.S. and China seek to deepen their economic engagement with the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members, which seek to further integrate their economics and create an economic community by the end of 2015. If ASEAN countries were a single nation, their collective 2014 GDP would represent the seventh largest economy in the world. In 2011, President Obama announced a renewed focus -- known as the rebalance -- on the Asia-Pacific region. The U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) prepared a 5-year strategy for the rebalance. This report examines (1) what available data indicate about U.S. and Chinese trade and investment with ASEAN countries; and (2) what actions the U.S. and Chinese governments have taken to further economic engagement with these countries. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.

The Asia-Pacific region has, in the eyes of most observers, the potential to become the engine of global economic growth in the 21st century. Whether it does will largely depend upon the willingness of the region's nations to pursue economic co-operation and peaceful reconciliation of differences. In this volume, scholars, policy experts, and repre

In 2015, Congress tasked the Department of Defense to commission an independent assessment of U.S. military strategy and force posture in the Asia-Pacific, as well as that of U.S. allies and partners, over the next decade. This CSIS study fulfills that congressional requirement.