| ID | 158020 |
| Title Proper | American military superiority and the pacific-primacy myth |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Jackson, Van |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Does the United States seek primacy in Asia? The belief that it does is widespread and long-standing. Scholars and pundits in the United States and around the world routinely reference the condition of primacy in Asia – defined here as unrivalled influence over strategic life1 – as either a means or an end of US strategy, or both. But is it accurate? This matters as much more than a semantic dispute. The presumption of Asian primacy features prominently in debates about US grand strategy. Some see it as a normative good for the United States, the only adequate means for securing US interests abroad.2 Others give the unsustainability of a condition of primacy as reason to favour retrenchment from the United States’ international commitments.3 |
| `In' analytical Note |
Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 60, No.2; Apr-May 2018: p.107-132 |
| Journal Source | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol: 60 No 2 |
| Key Words | Military Strategy ; Asia-Pacific ; United States ; Foreign Policy |