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Tag Archives: Asia-Pacific
The Geo-Strategic Pacific Islands
Leaders from countries as far afield as India, China and the U.S. recently converged on the tiny Aitutaki Island in the South Pacific to meet members of the 16-country Pacific Island Forum. The need for resources and geopolitical rebalancing has raised the profile of the region so much that, for the first time, a U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, attended the Forum — a clear demonstration that the U.S. is serious about its Pacific “pivot” to Asia. Continue reading
U.S. Defense Secretary Panetta Outlines ‘Asian Pivot’
At a press conference in Singapore on Saturday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta explained that the U.S. Navy will reconfigure its forces so that 60 percent of its assets will be deployed in the Pacific Ocean, compared to the current 50-50 split between the Atlantic and the Pacific. Six aircraft carriers will be deployed, including the majority of the U.S. Navy’s cruisers, destroyers, littoral combat ships and submarines. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Politics
Tagged Asia-Pacific, Chinese Navy, Leon Panetta, Pacific Ocean, U.S. Military, U.S. Navy
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