The United States, Malaysia, and the Asia Pacific

Selamat pagi! Thank you to Dato’ Mahani and the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) for bringing together such an experienced, diverse group of thinkers today. I am honored to be a part of it.

Malaysia’s ISIS and America’s Center for Strategic and International Studies recently produced some joint innovative recommendations to advance the U.S.-Malaysian relationship -- a model for the kind of meeting of strategic minds that we in government hope to achieve.

I come today with the good wishes of the American people, who see Malaysia as a bridge between East and Southeast Asia and an influential voice of moderation; and as a success story, strategic partner, and friend.

This is an exciting moment for American diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific -- a true inflection point in our foreign policy. As Secretary Clinton has written, “It is becoming increasingly clear that in the 21st century, the world’s strategic and economic center of gravity will be the Asia-Pacific, from the Indian subcontinent to the western shores of the Americas. And one of the most important tasks of American statecraft over the next decades will be to lock in a substantially increased investment -- diplomatic, economic, strategic, and otherwise -- in this region.”

The Rise of the Asia-Pacific

The Asia-Pacific is home to half the world’s population, more than half the world’s GDP and nearly half of its trade; home to key allies and emerging powers; home to booming middle classes and compelling economic opportunities and reductions in poverty without parallel in human history; home to Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Christians and many others.

It also home to challenges in the form of military buildups and nuclear arsenals; proliferation, piracy, trafficking and smuggling; natural disasters, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions; and lingering suspicion between powerful countries.

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