Međunarodne studije, Vol. XV No. 3, 2015.
Pregledni rad
The new American grand strategy - Pivot to Asia?
Goran Mišković
orcid.org/0000-0002-7840-6890
Sažetak
The objective of this paper is to explore arguments in favor of considering the ‘pivot’ to Asia, a new U.S. grand strategy. Grand strategy is a new term which attempts to explain the broader strategic picture in which great powers act. Obama’s administration has placed an emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region, and this text tries to explain the new implicit strategic about-face of the U.S. grand strategy. For the purposes of this paper the theoretical determination of grand strategy and U.S. national interests were analyzed. ‘Pivot’ strategy was analyzed based on elements of grand strategy. It was concluded that ‘pivot’ to Asia is not the new U.S. grand strategy and that the U.S. does not have a new set of national interests. These are in fact constant in U.S. foreign policy activity. Analysis has shown that ‘pivot’ elements are not implemented in total and that ‘pivot’ to Asia can be considered a part of the permanent strategy of offshore balancing toward key regions in the world to maintain the balance of power.
Ključne riječi
grand strategy; USA; China; Asia-Pacific region; balance of power
Hrčak ID:
166172
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.7.2016.
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