As the mismatch grows more pronounced between the US'needs in sustaining its hegemony and the alliance's order maintenance function,the U.S.has been continuously pro-moting the networking of its security architecture in the Asia-Pacific through three strategies:pivotal states,military presence,and security institutions.This composite security network includes an alliance-partner system with allies at its core and partners in supplementary posi-tion,a defense system primarily based on military bases,weaponry,and joint military exercises,as well as an institutional system characterized by bilateral security cooperation supplemented by multilateral security cooperation.However,this networking process faces inherent limita-tions and struggles to achieve a"comprehensive network"that is flat,aligned,and highly insti-tutionalized.In the midst of the escalating contradictions between the U.S.strategic needs and diverse security threats,the networking of the U.S.security architecture in the Asia-Pacific is constrained by hierarchical structural conflicts,institutional design flaws in mini-lateralism,geopolitical characteristics of East Asia,and domestic fiscal and decision-making constraints within the U.S.In response,China can effectively counter the U.S.networking in the Asia-Pacific by employing wedge strategies to divide the U.S.alliance-partner system,offering institutional alternatives to weaken the U.S.'mini-lateral security institutional system,shaping norms to inhibit the integration of the U.S.security network,and shifting costs to increase the strategic execution pressure on the U.S.
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美国亚太安全架构/盟伴/网络化/支点国家/安全制度/军事存在
Key words
U.S.Security Architecture in Asia-Pacific/Alliances and Partnerships/Network-ing/Pivotal States/Security Institutions/Military Presence
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