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US Pentagon Chief Proposes Asia-Pacific ‘Security Network’
…Tom Mahnken, president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a Washington think tank, praised Carter's emphasis on developing partnerships. “Secretary Carter was right to emphasize multilateral approaches in the Asia-Pacific region. Indeed, America's alliances and partnerships in the region give us an enduring competitive advantage,” Mahnken said by email from Washington. “By contrast, China's actions have increasingly isolated it.”…
