Obama's $5 Trillion Dollar Gift to China: The South China Sea?
Harry J. Kazianis
Security, Asia
While the truth will sting to many Asia hands in Washington, its what happens next that will likely determine the fate of Asia.
Yes, President Obama should surely be congratulated for “doing something” in the South China Sea. But those somethings, a strategically confusing freedom of navigation operation (or maybe innocent passage?) near Subi Reef and now a B-52 flight near the Spratly Islands, is proof positive of how bungled the so-called “pivot” or “rebalance” to Asia has become. Читать дальше...