America: Its Own Worst Enemy In Asia?

September 9, 2015 Topic: Security Region: Asia Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: ChinaSouth China SeaXi Jinping

America: Its Own Worst Enemy In Asia?

This series of missteps hardly puts Washington on the best footing as Xi's visit approaches.

Marc Wall is senior fellow at the Center for Global Studies at the University of Wyoming. A former U.S. ambassador, he has been advisor to the United States Pacific Command in Honolulu and trade negotiator in Tokyo, Taipei, and Beijing. This piece first appeared in CSIS:PACNET Newsletter here.

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