The Emerging Asia Power Web: The Rise of Bilateral Intra-Asian Security Ties

In its latest report, the Asia team at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) explores the “Asia Power Web,” a term the team developed to describe the growing trend of intra-Asian defense and security cooperation among six key countries – Australia, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam. In The Emerging Asia Power Web: The Rise of Bilateral Intra-Asian Security Ties, the authors note that these developing ties have profound implications for regional security and U.S. strategy in Asia. Senior Director of the Asia-Security Program Patrick M. Cronin, President Richard Fontaine, Research Associate Zachary M. Hosford, former Fellow Oriana Skylar Mastro, Deputy Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Ely Ratner and Researcher Alexander Sullivan, all of CNAS, note that, in addition to closer ties with each other, Asian nations yearn for a greater American presence in the region and therefore urge the United States to “double down on its commitment to rebalance attention and resources to Asia.”