Less noticed, but possibly more important in the long term, have been Japan’s efforts to reshape regional security arrangements, which for many years have had three key elements. First, there have been the hub-and-spoke alliances of the US with Japan, South Korea, and Australia (and more loosely with Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines).
较少被人关注到但也许长期重要性更大的是日本试图重新安排地区安全构架。多年来，这一构架有三大关键因素。第一，美国与日本、韩国和澳大利亚构成中心辐射型联盟（外围还有关系松散一些的新加坡、泰国和菲律宾）。中国已经接受并能够很好地理解这类联盟（尽管并不情愿）。