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Date: Oct 11, 2013 2:56 AM
Subject: Pakistani Press : U.S. Superpower Credibility Shaken Over Waning Influence In Asia
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From: Sol Sanders
Date: 9 October 2013 11:57
Subject: Fw: U.S. Superpower Credibility Shaken Over Waning Influence In Asia
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000707532
> U.S. Superpower Credibility Shaken Over Waning Influence In Asia
>
> October 9, 2013
>
> The Yomiuri Shimbun
>
> As things stand, China and Russia could take over the leadership of
international diplomacy. We are worried about the waning U.S. presence in
the international arena.
>
> Due to the partial shutdown of the U.S. government, U.S. President Barack
Obama has canceled his planned visits to Southeast Asian countries. The
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit meeting started in Bali,
Indonesia, without Obama in attendance.
>
> Obama has been absent from the APEC summit meeting two years in a row. The
U.S.-led effort to form a regional partnership framework through the APEC
forum and of promoting the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral trade
talks will likely lose momentum.
>
> As Obama's planned talks with China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's
President Vladimir Putin have also been canceled, it is unlikely discussions
over issues concerning North Korea and Iran will make any significant
progress.
>
> During his Asian tour, Obama was also supposed to visit Brunei, Malaysia
and the Philippines to reconfirm his policy of "attaching importance to
Asia," something he has been advocating since taking office.
>
> U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is filling in for Obama, has
emphasized that there is no change in U.S. diplomatic policy.
>
> Yet with the Obama administration preoccupied with Middle East issues,
Washington cannot pay sufficient attention to Asia. With Obama's Asian tour
canceled, it is inevitable for the effectiveness of U.S. diplomacy toward
Asia to fall into serious doubt.
>
> Obama's diplomatic policy of engagement in Asia is said to be aimed at not
only reinforcing an economic partnership with the fast-growing region, but
also at holding the ever-expanding China in check.
>
> U.S. support needed
>
> Southeast Asian countries, which are in conflict with China over
territorial issues in the South China Sea and are counting on U.S. support,
are no doubt perplexed over Obama's abrupt cancellation of his planned
visits.
>
> At the East Asia summit talks, Kerry, on behalf of Obama, is expected to
appeal for "freedom of navigation" in the South China Sea. But we cannot
expect Kerry's speech to carry the same weight that Obama's would have.
>
> Meanwhile, China will have Xi and Premier Li Keqiang split up to visit the
countries Obama planned to visit, except for the Philippines. It is apparent
that China intends to further expand its influence in these countries.
>
> Worrisome is the somewhat passive tendency seen recently in U.S.
diplomacy, something not confined to only Asia.
>
> Although Obama had decided the United States would take military action
against Syria over the chemical weapons issue, Obama later accepted Russia's
diplomatic mediation. In a speech to the U.S. people, Obama said the United
States is not "the world's policeman."
>
> Along with a war-weary sentiment in the United States over its involvement
in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Washington cannot afford, due to
financial constraints, to allocate much to military and diplomatic efforts.
>
> Yet the international community still needs the leadership of the United
States as the world's only superpower. We hope Obama can overcome the fiscal
crisis on the domestic front as quickly as possible and press ahead with its
diplomatic efforts in earnest.
>
> (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Oct. 8, 2013)
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From: "Mehmud Ahmed" <mehmud.ahmed@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 11, 2013 2:56 AM
Subject: Pakistani Press : U.S. Superpower Credibility Shaken Over Waning Influence In Asia
To: "mehmud ahmed" <mehmud.ahmed@gmail.com>
لو وہ بھی که رہیں ہیں کہ بے ننگ و نام تھا
یہ جانتا تو گھر کو لٹاتا نہ میں کبھی
From: Sol Sanders
Date: 9 October 2013 11:57
Subject: Fw: U.S. Superpower Credibility Shaken Over Waning Influence In Asia
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000707532
> U.S. Superpower Credibility Shaken Over Waning Influence In Asia
>
> October 9, 2013
>
> The Yomiuri Shimbun
...
http://the-japan-news. com/news/article/0000707532>
> As things stand, China and Russia could take over the leadership of
international diplomacy. We are worried about the waning U.S. presence in
the international arena.
>
> Due to the partial shutdown of the U.S. government, U.S. President Barack
Obama has canceled his planned visits to Southeast Asian countries. The
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit meeting started in Bali,
Indonesia, without Obama in attendance.
>
> Obama has been absent from the APEC summit meeting two years in a row. The
U.S.-led effort to form a regional partnership framework through the APEC
forum and of promoting the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral trade
talks will likely lose momentum.
>
> As Obama's planned talks with China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's
President Vladimir Putin have also been canceled, it is unlikely discussions
over issues concerning North Korea and Iran will make any significant
progress.
>
> During his Asian tour, Obama was also supposed to visit Brunei, Malaysia
and the Philippines to reconfirm his policy of "attaching importance to
Asia," something he has been advocating since taking office.
>
> U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is filling in for Obama, has
emphasized that there is no change in U.S. diplomatic policy.
>
> Yet with the Obama administration preoccupied with Middle East issues,
Washington cannot pay sufficient attention to Asia. With Obama's Asian tour
canceled, it is inevitable for the effectiveness of U.S. diplomacy toward
Asia to fall into serious doubt.
>
> Obama's diplomatic policy of engagement in Asia is said to be aimed at not
only reinforcing an economic partnership with the fast-growing region, but
also at holding the ever-expanding China in check.
>
> U.S. support needed
>
> Southeast Asian countries, which are in conflict with China over
territorial issues in the South China Sea and are counting on U.S. support,
are no doubt perplexed over Obama's abrupt cancellation of his planned
visits.
>
> At the East Asia summit talks, Kerry, on behalf of Obama, is expected to
appeal for "freedom of navigation" in the South China Sea. But we cannot
expect Kerry's speech to carry the same weight that Obama's would have.
>
> Meanwhile, China will have Xi and Premier Li Keqiang split up to visit the
countries Obama planned to visit, except for the Philippines. It is apparent
that China intends to further expand its influence in these countries.
>
> Worrisome is the somewhat passive tendency seen recently in U.S.
diplomacy, something not confined to only Asia.
>
> Although Obama had decided the United States would take military action
against Syria over the chemical weapons issue, Obama later accepted Russia's
diplomatic mediation. In a speech to the U.S. people, Obama said the United
States is not "the world's policeman."
>
> Along with a war-weary sentiment in the United States over its involvement
in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Washington cannot afford, due to
financial constraints, to allocate much to military and diplomatic efforts.
>
> Yet the international community still needs the leadership of the United
States as the world's only superpower. We hope Obama can overcome the fiscal
crisis on the domestic front as quickly as possible and press ahead with its
diplomatic efforts in earnest.
>
> (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Oct. 8, 2013)
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