<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A development trend of the North Atlantic Alliance aims to the establishment of a “global NATO” as a political and military support of the West and of democratic states worldwide. The political-military and humanitarian cooperation in the former Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya supports the materialization of such a structure. Some reservations are manifested because of the fears of some Western countries that they might be faced with a new global “Cold War” or engaged in armed conflicts in “sensitive areas” in the vicinity of the Russian Federation or China. That is why, maybe, the project of such a “new NATO” seems to be better received in Japan, Australia, and even the Gulf states. This paper aims to underline American vision, as the most important NATO member state, concerning the South-Eastern Asian space and also to put in discussion the Sino-American relations regarding this area.</p></abstract>

A development trend of the North Atlantic Alliance aims to the establishment of a “global NATO” as a political and military support of the West and of democratic states worldwide. The political-military and humanitarian cooperation in the former Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya supports the materialization of such a structure. Some reservations are manifested because of the fears of some Western countries that they might be faced with a new global “Cold War” or engaged in armed conflicts in “sensitive areas” in the vicinity of the Russian Federation or China. That is why, maybe, the project of such a “new NATO” seems to be better received in Japan, Australia, and even the Gulf states. This paper aims to underline American vision, as the most important NATO member state, concerning the South-Eastern Asian space and also to put in discussion the Sino-American relations regarding this area.

The Strategic Importance of the South-Eastern Asian Space Revealed through Sino-American Power Struggle

“Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy, Sibiu, Romania

International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION

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A development trend of the North Atlantic Alliance aims to the establishment of a “global NATO” as a political and military support of the West and of...

The Strategic Importance of the South-Eastern Asian Space Revealed through Sino-American Power Struggle

Published Online: Jul 27, 2016

Page range: 87 - 92

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2016-0016

Keywords
alliance, partnerships, global engagement, bipolarity, unipolarity

© 2015 Ileana-Gentilia Metea, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Strategic Importance of the South-Eastern Asian Space Revealed through Sino-American Power Struggle

Published Online: Jul 27, 2016

Page range: 87 - 92

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2016-0016

Keywordsalliance, partnerships, global engagement, bipolarity, unipolarity

© 2015 Ileana-Gentilia Metea, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
alliance, partnerships, global engagement, bipolarity, unipolarity