-The US is not an Asian power; but it is involved extensively in
Asian and Pacific affairs thus supporting the argument that it is
part of the Asia-Pacific
-With the above clarification, we shall begin by noting that the
dawning of the post-cold war era starting from the 1990s created
uncertainty in Asia-Pacific security
-While the Asia-Pacific had bipolarity dividing the states into two
camps during the cold war, it does not have a clear security
architecture in the post-cold war era