1International Monetary Fund, World Economic Data, ( October, 2009). Analysis by the authors.
2Fareed Zakaria, "The Rise of the Rest", Newsweek, May 12, 2008. See also, "The Global Redistribution of Economic Power", Chapter 1, in Patrick M. Cronin, editor, Global Strategic Assessment, 2009: America' s Security Role in a Changing World, Washington, D.C. : National Defense University Press, 2009.
3NSC68: U. S. Objectives and Programs for National Security, April 14, 1950.
4Hillary Clinton, Press Conference at ASEAN Summit, July 22, 2009, http ://www. state. gov/secretary/rm/2009a/july/126320. htm.
5"DPRK Foreign Ministry' s Spokesman 1. Dismisses U. S. Wrong Assertion", Korean Central News Agency, January 17, 2009, http ://www. kcna. co. jp/item/2009/200901/newsl 7/20090117 - 11 ee. html.
6Robert Gates, " America' s Security Role in the Asia-Pacific", Shangri-La Dialogue, May 30, 2009, http://www, iiss. org/confer- ences/the-shangri- la- dialogue/shangrila- dialogue - 2009/plenary- session-speeches2009/first -plenary -session/qa/.
7Michele Flournoy and Shawn Brimley, " The Contested Commons", U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, July 2009.
8International Maritime Organization, " International Shipping: Carrier of World Trade" ( 29 September 2005 ). See also, The World Bank, "GDP 2008" ( July 2009 ), at http ://web. worldbank, org/WB- SITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,, contentMDK: 20399244 - menuPK : 1504474 - pagePK : 64135150 - piPK : 64133175 - theSitePK : 239419,00. html.
