You Cant Have It All国防战略要抓住重点.docVIP

本文是一个为新国防战略辩护的文章，它认为，美国的问题到处都是，但是亚太已经成为美国的重点。在金融危机和国防开支削减的情况下，这样的战略规划是十分现实的，十全十美的东西不存在，美国面对众多威胁不可能面面俱到，还是应该把主要注意力集中在亚太。 On Thursday, President Barack Obama and his top defense advisors unveiled?new strategic guidance?to direct the U.S. military as it transitions from a decade of grueling ground wars to an era of new challenges, including a rising China and looming budget cuts. The administration has adopted what is best characterized as a pivot but hedge strategy: The United States will?pivot to the Asia-Pacific?but hedge against unexpected threats elsewhere, particularly in the greater Middle East. This new guidance makes good sense in todays world, but it assumes that the Pentagon will absorb only $487 billion in budget cuts over the next decade. If far deeper cuts occur, as required by sequestration, the Department of Defense will not have the resources to execute the guidance. Pivot but hedge will die in its crib. COMMENTS (29)?SHARE: ? Twitter ? Reddit ? Buzz ? More... ? The pivot to the Asia-Pacific is essential because the region stands poised to become the centerpiece of the 21st-century global economy. By 2015, East Asian countries are?expected to surpass?North America and the eurozone to become the worlds largest trading bloc. Market opportunities will only increase as the region swells by an additional?175 million people?by 2030. As Americas economic interests in the Asia-Pacific grow, its diplomatic and military presence should grow to defend against potential threats to those interests. From the perspective of the United States and its Asian allies, China and North Korea represent the most serious military threats to regional security. Chinas military modernization continues to progress, and its foreign policy toward its neighbors has become increasingly aggressive over the past two years. Meanwhile, the death of Kim Jong Il means that nuclear-armed North Korea has begun a leadership transition that could lead to greater military aggressiveness as his s