The “Nye Report:” Six Years Later

In February 1995, the US Department of DefenseUS Defense, The published United States Security Strategy for East Asia–Pacific RegionUnited Asia-Pacific Region, sometimes referred to as “Nye Report.” It was broadly welcomed in most capitals region, though some critics portrayed it “ossified” traditionalism. Friends have remarked on irony that someone so closely associated with concept transnational interdependence should helped produce a report rested heavily Realist thinking. I reply my textbook Understanding International Conflicts, tell students RealismRealism and LiberalismLiberalism each something teach policymakers, depending circumstances. And American strategy toward AsiaEast Asia needed healthy dose RealismRealism.