Asia-Pacific security - JFQ Forum - Brief Article

Joint Force Quarterly, Autumn, 2002

The premise of the U.S. security equation will continue to be longstanding bilateral alliances.

Counterterrorist cooperation began to trump human rights in the formulation of American policy towards Indonesia.

Because of rivalry between India and Pakistan ... the United States has never been able to maintain close relations with both nations simultaneously.

North Korea might be leveraged to keep it from substantially exceeding current extent of nuclear and missile activity.

A militarily formidable China would pose an expansionist threat, but there is little chance in the near to medium term that it will have the capability to dominate the region.