The Obama administration's strategic rebalancing to Asia: Quo vadis in 2017?

• Main Author: De Castro, Renato Cruz
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: United States > Foreign relations administration; United States—Foreign relations—China; China—Foreign relations—United States; Balance of power; United States—Foreign relations—Pacific Area; Pacific Area—Foreign relations—United States; International Relations
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2978
• Institution: De La Salle University

From 2011 to 2016, then US President Barack Obama vigorously pursued the policy of strategic rebalancing to Asia. The policy's underlying goal was to prevent China from becoming the dominant power in the Asia–Pacific region. Unfortunately, the Obama administration's efforts were thwarted b...