But, rather than keeping an eye on that ball, the United States wasted the first decade of this century mired in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton put it in a recent speech, American foreign policy will “pivot” toward East Asia.
对于亚洲在新世纪的崛起，美国此前没有给予应有关注，只是忙于伊拉克和阿富汗战争。而日前美国国务卿希拉里•克林顿终于提及，美国的外交政策将把东亚地区视为“关键”。