Barack Obama's "rebalancing strategy" or "pivot strategy", intended to demonstrate continued US commitment to the Asia Pacific region in a variety of military, economic and diplomatic contexts, was launched with much fanfare in 2011. Implicit in the new strategy is a focus on China and also a US relience on existing regional allies to implement its strategy. This book explores the impact of the new strategy on the US's allies in the region, and the allies' responses. Overall, the book outlines the deep complexities of the United States' exercise of power and influence in the region.

Preface 1. Setting the Context Part 1: Asia's Place in America's Global Strategy 2. Obama's "Rebalance" in Historical Context 3. Rebalancing and Order-building: Strategy or Illusion? 4. Deterrence, the Twenty-First Century, and the "Pivot" Part 2: Northeast Asian Partners and Allies 5. US Rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific: A Japanese Perspective 6. South Korea's Adaptation to the US Pivot to Asia 7. The US Pivot to Asia: Taiwan's Security Challenges and Responses Part 3: Southeast Asian Partners and Allies 8. Strategic Communication: US-Philippines Relations and the American Rebalancing Strategy 9. A Reluctant Ally? Thailand in the US Rebalancing Strategy 10. Security and Power Balancing: Singapore's Response to the US Rebalance to Asia Part 4: The Wider Indo-Pacific Region 11. Australia Responds to America's Rebalance 12. New Zealand's Response 13. India and the US "Pivot" to Asia: Convergence without Change 14. Balancing the Risks of US Rebalancing

William T. Tow is Professor and Head of the Department of International Relations, College of Asia and Pacific at the Australian National University.

Douglas Stuart is Professor and Chair of International Studies at Dickinson College and also an Adjunct Research Professor at the US Army War College.