They called it the Pacific Pivot. Writing in Foreign Policy, President Barack Obama’s Secretary of State Hillary Clinton revealed the thinking behind this new policy: “Open markets in Asia provide the United States with unprecedented opportunities for investment, trade, and access to cutting-edge technology… Strategically, maintaining peace and security across the Asia-Pacific is increasingly crucial to global progress, whether through defending freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, countering the proliferation efforts of North Korea, or ensuring transparency in the military activities
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