There has been considerable commentary of late questioning the seriousness and sustainability of the so-called American pivot or rebalance to Asia. Mush of this breathless handwringing is overwrought, but the public questioning reflects growing anxieties across an increasingly uncertain region and should be taken seriously. There are challenges almost everywhere one looks along with a clear appetite for a sustained and coherent US approach to Asia. The Obama team is intimately aware of these swirling concerns and Barack Obama’s recent visit to Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Malaysia reflects a manifest effort to translate more the rhetoric of the pivot into concrete reality.
最近有不少评论质疑美国所谓“转向亚洲”或“再平衡”战略的严肃性和可持续性。这些让人应接不暇的焦虑言论有不少属于紧张过度，但公众的质疑反映出，在亚洲这个不确定性渐增的地区，各国的忧虑情绪越来越强，因此这些质疑应当引起重视。放眼看去，那些明确渴望美国建立持久、连贯亚洲战略的国家，几乎无一不存在挑战。奥巴马(Obama)的班子深刻认识到了这些纷乱的问题，这位美国总统近期出访日本、韩国、菲律宾和马来西亚，就反映出美国正积极努力将“转向”战略更多地从空谈变成现实。