US in the Asia Pacific

How the US Cements its Hegemony in the Asia Pacific

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For Washington, the Asia-Pacific serves less as a partner than as a resource to be controlled—the workshop of the world economy and the battleground for its geopolitical dominance. US wealth and security rest on unhindered passage through strategic chokepoints like the Malacca Strait and the South China Sea, which together carry some 60 percent of […]

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APRN in solidarity with South Korean people vs US THAAD missile defense system

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The Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN) supports the South Korean people in denouncing the proposed deployment of a United States anti-missile unit in their country. Citing so-called missile threats from Pyongyang, South Korea’s president Park Geun-hye recently announced plans to install the US-designed THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) anti-missile defense system in Seongju County, North Gyeongsang Province.

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