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The Pivot before the Pivot: U.S. Strategy to Preserve the Power Balance in Asia

| Spring 2016

Summary

The United States’ strategic reorientation toward the Asia Pacific began not under the Barack Obama administration, but under the George W. Bush administration. As part of this reorientation, the Bush administration pursued a series of military, political, and economic policies aimed at engaging with and balancing against China, not containing it.

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For Academic Citation: Silove, Nina. “The Pivot before the Pivot: U.S. Strategy to Preserve the Power Balance in Asia.” Quarterly Journal: International Security, vol. 40. no. 4. (Spring 2016):
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