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Thomas Conant (USM C Ret.), ‘An independent perspective of US
defence policy in the Asia-Pacific region’, Statement before the US Senate
Armed Services Committee, Washington, 3 February 2016, p. 4.
39. JMOD, Guidelines for Japan-US Defence Cooperation, 2015, Section 5.
40. Ibid.
41. White House Fact Sheet, ‘Advancing the rebalance
to Asia and the Pacific’, 16 November 2015.
42. The White House Office of the Press Secretary, ‘Fact sheet: U.S. Building
Maritime Capacity in Southeast Asia’, Washington DC, 17 November 2015.
43. David Lang, ‘The not-quite-quadrilateral: Australia, Japan
and India’, The Strategist, ASPI, 9 July 2015.
44. Harry B. Harris Jr, ‘Let’s be ambitious together’, Raisina
Dialogue Remarks, New Delhi, 2 March 2016.
45. James A Baker III, ‘America in Asia: Emerging Architecture for a Pacific
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46. White House Fact Sheet, ‘Advancing the rebalance to Asia and
the Pacific’, 16 November 2015; US Department of Defense, The
Asia-Pacific Maritime Security Strategy, Washington DC, 2015, p.
20; and Dennis C. Blair and John T. Hanley Jr., ‘From Wheels to
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47. Chuck Hagel, ‘The U.S. Approach to Regional
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48. US Department of Defence, Quadrennial Defense
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49. Bates Gill, ‘Alliances under Austerity: What does American want?’,
ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Centre of Gravity
Series, September 2013. Some institutions also provide specific
benefits: the EAS allows useful discussions at leaders’ level, and
the ADMM+ is relatively action oriented, promoting functional
cooperation on maritime security, HADR, and counterterrorism.
50. Michael Green, Kathleen Hicks, Mark Cancian, Zack Cooper, John Schnaus,
et al, Asia-Pacific Rebalance 2025: Capabilities, Presence, and Partnerships,
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC, January
2016, p. 5; Michael J. Green, Peter J. Dean, Brendan Taylor and Zack
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51. Ashton Carter, ‘The United States and challenges to Asia-Pacific
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52. Patrick M. Cronin, Richard Fontaine, Zachary M. Hosford, Oriana
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53. Cronin, Fontaine, Hosford, Mastro, Ratner and Sullivan,
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54. Malcolm Fraser with Cain Roberts, ‘Dangerous Allies’, Melbourne University
Press, Carlton, 2014. One of the candidates for the 2016 Philippine
Presidency opposes the US-Philippine Visiting Forces Agreement.
55. Zhu Feng, ‘TSD - Emphemism for multiple alliance?’, in National Bureau
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56. Brendan Nicholson, ‘China warns Canberra on
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57. Rory Medcalf, ‘The ‘q’ word: US Pacific commander defies
diplomatic niceties in New Delhi’, The Interpreter, Lowy
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58. Brendan Taylor, ‘Conceptualizing the bilateral-multilateral security nexus’,
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