The Diplomat
As both China and India rise as naval powers their interaction with the
United States will truly be a defining feature in the Indo-Pacific
region.
As in the Cold War, so in the current power play between the United
States and China, the rest of Asia will simply not submit itself to the
discipline of a bipolar framework. Asia will actively shape and be
shaped by the emerging strategic dynamic between Washington and Beijing.
Asia is home to many large states that are wedded to nationalism and
territorial sovereignty, opposed to local ambitions for regional
hegemony,committed to a measure of autonomy from the great powers, and
determined to promote greater economic integration with each other.
These are competing imperatives that do not sit well with each other but
do define the contradictory nature of Asia’s rise.
