• Corpus ID: 150613157

Pivot to the Pacific? The Obama Administration’s “Rebalancing” Toward Asia

@inproceedings{Manyin2012PivotTT,
  title={Pivot to the Pacific? The Obama Administration’s “Rebalancing” Toward Asia},
  author={Mark E. Manyin and Stephen S. Daggett and Ben Dolven and Susan V. Lawrence and Michael F. Martin and Ronald O'Rourke and Bruce Robert Vaughn},
  year={2012},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:150613157}
}

• M. Manyin, S. Daggett, +4 authors B. Vaughn
• Published 28 March 2012
• Political Science

In the fall of 2011, the Obama Administration issued a series of announcements indicating that the United States would be expanding and intensifying its already significant role in the Asia-Pacific, particularly in the southern part of the region. Given that one purpose of the "pivot" or "rebalancing" toward the Asia-Pacific is to deepen U.S. credibility in the region at a time of fiscal constraint, Congress's oversight and appropriations roles, as well as its approval authority over free trade… 

In the fall of 2011, the Obama Administration issued a series of announcements indicating that the United States would be expanding and intensifying its already significant role in the Asia-Pacific, particularly in the southern part of the region. Given that one purpose of the "pivot" or "rebalancing" toward the Asia-Pacific is to deepen U.S. credibility in the region at a time of fiscal constraint, Congress's oversight and appropriations roles, as well as its approval authority over free trade agreements, will help determine to what extent the Administration's plans are implemented and how various trade-offs are managed.