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Uncertain Eagle: US Military Strategy in Asia
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
ORF-Rupa
04 December 2009

The US commitment to and involvement in the Asia-Pacific in the coming decades is a reality that Washington has firmly come to grips with, given the nature of emerging threats and challenges that it faces.  The long-term security of the region will certainly depend on the US continuing to extend its deterrence mechanism, because if the US allies as well as friends are not convinced of US commitment, a possibility of Japan and even South Korea going nuclear cannot be ruled out.