• at economic level
• US had ambitious plan to counter china economically
• this ambitious plans Transpacific partnership in Asia Pacific and trans atlantic trade and investment in Westren Europe
• America is in quest to emerge as a new pivot in Asia through thisTpp project
• this project will counter OBOR of china as well as likely to create business opportunities in the form of Employment
• But US is more focused on military dimension more rather economic one
• Military influence in strategic competetion
• though there is lack of consensus between INDIA and ASEAN countries and Japan and south Korea regarding this project which is why it said that US had show intensity to carry out its projects
• in jan 2012 the US department of Defence introduction its defence strategic guide...US global leadership "priorities of 21st century defence"
• the same year pentagon issue Joint operation ace concept JOAC which estabishes the guiding precepts to overcome anti access and aerial denial access
• beside US saught to enhace its security co operation with japan thailand philippines south korea Australia and singapore
• while on the other hand saught to establish diplomatic and economic coperation with newzeland indonesia vetnam and others
• US aim to reposture its navy from 50/50 to 60/40 split
• the deployment of US marines in Australia (strong rotational force(
• deployment of littoral combat ships in singapore
• transfer of Elements of US special forces from okinawa to Guam
• to be cult these ambitious projects are nothing to contain china With Obor.
• and its south china sea islands
• Its impacts
• china had cleared that it will not tolerate any code of conduct regarding south china sea and had establish Air defense identification zone
• global order
• xi jingping is of the view
• """""there is no such thing as called thucydides traps but should major countries time and time again make mistakes of strategic miscalculation they create such traps for themselves""""
• Where as US secretary of state and current president candidate says
• """"the future of world politics will be decided not in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN but in Asia and US will be right at the centre of action"""""