The United States is hindered in achieving its objectives in Northeast Asia in large part due to a policy that encourages ineffective – often counterproductive – strategies.
There are three underlying causes for this. One is unavoidable due to the legal foundations of the American government, another is inevitable due to the weaknesses and vanities of human nature, but it is the third that is the largest single factor in developing an effective strategic foreign policy.
The United States is hindered in achieving its objectives in Northeast Asia in large part due to a policy that encourages ineffective – often counterproductive – strategies.
There are three underlying causes for this. One is unavoidable due to the legal foundations of the American government, another is inevitable due to the weaknesses and vanities of human nature, but it is the third that is the largest single factor in developing an effective strategic foreign policy.
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Robert E. McCoy is a retired U.S. Air Force Korean linguist and analyst/reporter who was stationed in Asia for more than fourteen years. He continues to follow developments in East Asia closely. Mr. McCoy’s book Tales You Wouldn’t Tell Your Mother is now out. He can be contacted via his website http://musingsbymccoy.com/ which also lists his previous essays and has personal vignettes on Asia (Tidbits) not published elsewhere.