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Asia-Pacific Strategy

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  • Published Mar 16, 2009 5:54 pm KST
  • Updated Mar 16, 2009 5:54 pm KST

By Ralph A. Cossa and Brad Glosserman

Choosing Asia for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's first overseas trip has gotten the Obama administration off on the right foot in dealing with this vitally important region.

What's needed now is a clearly articulated vision of America's future role in Asia and a well thought out strategy for getting us from here to there.

This was one of the central conclusions of the report ``The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region: Security Strategy for the Obama Administration," produced by the Honolulu-based Pacific Forum CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) and four Washington-area think tanks, and co-chaired by Pacific Forum President Emeritus James Kelly and Center for a New American