Don't ignore the US in Asia
MELBOURNE, August 16, 2010 - Dr Robert Sutter, Visiting Professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University has predicted a strong and ongoing United States leadership in the Asia-Pacific region, in an interview following a briefing with Asialink-Asia Society AustralAsia Centre.
Dr Sutter said that governments across the Asian region still benefit greatly from US involvement in security and economic realms, despite the impact of the global financial crisis.
He also identified “major differences and mutual suspicions” between US and Chinese governments.
“Both sides are wary of being taken advantage of by the other”, he said.
A Ph.D. graduate in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University, Dr Sutter taught for over thirty years at Georgetown, George Washington, Johns Hopkins Universities, and the University of Virginia.
In this video he also comments on the relevance of ASEAN+3 and sets out the political contrasts between the Bush and Obama administrations across the Asian region.
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Dr Sutter said that governments across the Asian region still benefit greatly from US involvement in security and economic realms, despite the impact of the global financial crisis.
He also identified “major differences and mutual suspicions” between US and Chinese governments.
“Both sides are wary of being taken advantage of by the other”, he said.
A Ph.D. graduate in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University, Dr Sutter taught for over thirty years at Georgetown, George Washington, Johns Hopkins Universities, and the University of Virginia.
In this video he also comments on the relevance of ASEAN+3 and sets out the political contrasts between the Bush and Obama administrations across the Asian region.
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