USA and Japan set new principles of their cooperation on defense

The growing power of China, both within the region and worldwide, forcing international actors present or with significant interests in the area to look for new forms of alliance. This is the case of major regional power, after Beijing, Japan and the United States, which has long been put at the center of their strategic interests of the East Asia. The two states base their collaboration in the field of defense, on agreements that have been in place since 1997, too long a time now and that makes them unsuitable to the changing international situations. Certainly the heads of state of the two countries, and especially Obama, have pointed out that you do not want to prevent China its peaceful development, through economic growth which Beijing has been the leader, but that the intent is to ensure the same conditions of development to other countries in the region. It is a nice way to counter the idea of ​​China, which considers the area of ​​Southeast Asia a kind of backyard, where exercise is almost exclusively its influence. On this conviction Beijing kicked off a number of initiatives, which generated acute international problems, related to the sovereignty of the uninhabited islands and relevance of the sea area, belonging, according to the current international address, the exclusive economic zone of other nations. Regarding these problems the attitude of the United States in the face of China has always been cautious in some cases appeared even excessive, but it has never failed to ensure adequate support to nations that have suffered the interference of Beijing. Moreover, if the country of China is the largest competitor in the region, also in terms of the control of the streets marine commercial aspect that Washington is very sensitive, there is also the problem of North Korea, dictatorship often unpredictable and unbound by international relations, except Reports often conflicting with China itself, earning the nickname of hermit state, which is, however, a nuclear power. If relations with Beijing, even conflicting, can be discussed on a level of mutual benefit, with North Korea is realized an actual security issue, such as to redefine the common strategies, which have to cover all of the widest range possibility of verifiable. Washington for the security and stability of the Japanese are a priority imperative, much to think about the possible combined use of conventional armaments and atomic. In the scenario envisioned by the US, Japan is the essential and most important to ensure peace and security in the Pacific region, which, translated, means that the White House considers Tokyo the most important ally, is to be protected, either to rest, to limit the action of China; This course not only from the military point of view, but also from the diplomatic and economic; from this point of fact the negotiations aim to open free trade areas between the two countries, with the obvious intent to thwart the advance of commercial Beijing. Certainly in front of a new emergency arrangements provide a high level of coordination capable of ensuring an adequate response to every possible threat, which does not only mean together against a danger of military conflict, but also deal with natural disasters or humanitarian. In agreements between Washington and Tokyo is planned in collaboration with other countries, such as South Korea and Australia, they also interested in limiting China and to control the activity of Pyongyang; while from the point of view of most military are rethought, programs for the deployment of joint war machines, as troops and vessels and aircraft defensive systems, with special consideration to the growing Chinese military power, supported by a considerable economic effort. It remains difficult to imagine that Beijing suffers passively this common strategy of the United States and Japan, which seems designed just for containment of China, although it is the normal evolution of the relationship between two long been allies. What seems more likely and will be expected is that China will step up a diplomatic action combined with the continuation of the proceedings to assert its alleged right of influence in the region, seeking also possible allies, one of which will be Russia, some time in the situation in marked contrast with the United States.