US ASIA-PACIFIC POLICY

BY MAAZ AHMED AND AHMAD AZIZ

 INTRODUCTION

• Asia-Pacific is the part of the world near the western Pacific ocean
• Includes East asia, Southeast asia, South asia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Russia Far
east and oceania
 KEY POINTS

• World top economies: four from Asia Pacific among the top ten
• World’s most populous democracy
• Nuclear nations
• Major territorial disputes including US Allies
• China’s regional influence
• BRI
• RCEP-Regional comprehensive economic partnership
• AIIB-Asia infrastructure investment bank
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• North-korea aggressiveness(Ballistic Missiles and Nuclear weapons)

• India’s increasing influence
• Forum for India-pacific islands cooperation
• India-pacific oceans initiative
• Act east Policy
 US POLICIES

• Rebalance or pivot to east asia

• Barack Obama’s east asia strategy 2009-2017
• US shift
• US Investment
• Bilateral security alliances
• China-US climate initiative
• US hosting summit with ASEAN
 FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION

• FONOPs- freedom of navigation operations

• Focuses on excess maritime claims
• Promotes adherence to international law
 HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY

• Political freedoms
• Human rights in China, North korea and Myanmar
GOALS OF US POLICY ASIA

By Ahmad Aziz
 NATIONAL SECURITY AND
DIPLOMACY

• To curtail aggression and threats to human security

• China and North korea’s aggression in south china sea
• Threatening to Taiwan and southeast asian nation
 ECONOMIC AND TRADE INTERESTS

• China, 1st; Japan, 4th; South Korea, 6th; Vietnam, 7th; India, 8th; Taiwan, 9 th.
• Asia makes up about 37% of the world’s GDP
• Six of the US top ten trade partners are in Asia
 US-CHINA TRADE

• According to the Commerce Department, two-way trade between the United

States and China set a new record in 2022 — $690 billion — part of a surge in
U.S. trade with partners around the world last year.
• US 8.6% of it’s export to China
• 17.9% of it’s total import, import from China
• Mechanical Appliances, Sound Recorders and TV sets are the most traded
commodity sectors.
 ALLIES

• South Korea- The alliance serves to deter North Korean aggression and
provides continental base for U.S. forces.
• 28,000 troops of US are station in South korea
• Hold joint military exercises and training
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• Japan - The U.S. has more than eighty military facilities in Japan and over
60,000 troops stationed there, more than in any other country.
 ALLIES AND US POLICY OVER
SOUTHEAST ASIA

• India - The U.S., India, and Japan have also signed infrastructure deals to
attempt to counter China’s growing geopolitical and economic influence with
its Belt and Road Initiative.
• Southeast asia - China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN
includes Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) agreed to gradually remove tariffs and create
the world’s largest free trade area by 2010. China is also beginning to develop
bilateral and multilateral security relationships with Southeast Asian states.
• In response US is increasing its military and naval activity in the region
including FONOPs