{"id":71821,"date":"2024-06-13T05:01:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T05:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/13\/in-chinas-backyard-america-has-become-a-humbler-superpower\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T05:01:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T05:01:04","slug":"in-chinas-backyard-america-has-become-a-humbler-superpower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/13\/in-chinas-backyard-america-has-become-a-humbler-superpower\/","title":{"rendered":"In China\u2019s Backyard, America Has Become a Humbler Superpower"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Far from Ukraine and Gaza, as the Group of 7 wealthy democracies gathers in Italy to discuss a range of old, entrenched challenges, the nature of American power is being transformed across the region that Washington sees as crucial for the century to come: the Asia-Pacific.<\/p>\n

Here, America no longer presents itself as the confident guarantor of security, a trust-us-we\u2019ve-got-this superpower. The terrain is too vast, China\u2019s rise too great a threat. So the United States has been offering to be something else \u2014 an eager teammate for military modernization and tech development.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past, our experts would talk about a hub-and-spokes model for Indo-Pacific security,\u201d Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said this month at a global defense conference in Singapore. \u201cToday we\u2019re seeing something quite different.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this new era, many countries are doing more, on their own and with U.S. help. For the first time, the United States is building<\/a> nuclear-propelled submarines with Australia; involving South Korea in nuclear weapons planning<\/a>; producing fighter jet engines<\/a> with India; sharing maritime surveillance duties with small Pacific islands; and working with Japan<\/a> on adding an offensive strike capability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n