Talk of the United States taking a renewed interest in Asia was plentiful at the time Barack Obama was elected. However, detailed discussion of how the United States might better engage the nations of the Pacific was largely deferred. With the financial panic on Wall Street elevating concerns about economic growth to the top of the political agenda, and discussion of foreign policy dominated by the United States’ ongoing roles in Iraq and Afghanistan, there seemed little space for discussing the U.S. role in Asia.
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