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January 25, 2012

Asia Overreacts to U.S. Military Pivot

Richard Weitz, The Diplomat

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Despite the warnings from China, the Pentagon's Defense Strategic Guidance offers few surprises. Change has been coming for a while.

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TAGGED: United States, Asia, China

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