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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: willcousa who wrote (132162)	3/16/2001 9:34:43 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

The guiding theory of modern international politics is the balance of power. Only by keeping power balanced through strategic alliances can the ambitions of any single state or group of states be held in check. In the Pacific, the US is what is known as a "status quo power", a state interested in keeping things pretty steady just as they are. China is the "revisionist power", which has ambitions to stir things up and make territorial acquisitions at the expense of its neighbors. Additionally, China is the potential "hegemonic power", that is, the state with the ambition of dominating the region. The other states, by and large, want the United States to continue to play a role in order to keep those ambitions in check. The United States has a strong interest in open trade with the Pacific Rim, and open sea lanes generally, and views Chinese ambitions as a threat to its strategic interests......