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2013.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Realpolitik dictates a policy of 'congagement' of China and explains America's reasons for accommodating the former at the grand table. Thus, while the US-Chinese relationship is expected to remain the 'most important,' it is only to the point that the overall balance of power and global primacy remains with USA. Thus, while economics dictates that business can be done as usual, the USA would attempt to limit Chinese power projection capability thereby challenging the status quo in the Asia-Pacific region. The desire to do this by greater and more robust collaboration with established and new allies/partners is the underlying theme of the US re-balancing and is 'pre-emptive' in nature.
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