Sicherheitspolitische Herausforderungen der Regierung Obama in Asien

In: GIGA Focus Asien, Heft 1

Abstract

The article explores the Obama administration's multi-factored policy regarding Asia. The author introduces the United States' current involvement and affairs, regarding the Middle East, Afghanistan, Central and South Asia, East Asia and China, Taiwan, Japan and the Korean peninsula. By focusing on commercial, military and political factors, the author highlights the hot spots: China-Taiwan (weapons and trade), North-South Korea and Japan (terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and nuclear weapons) and the post 9-11 policies focused on Afghanistan, Pakistan and India; as well as Central Asia and the regions' concerns and processes toward democratization. In concluding the article, the author reiterates each of the aforementioned points in mapping the strategy of the current US president's administration. M. Diem