他所提到的美国战略重点是亚太和中东，而不仅仅是亚太地区。见Department of Defense, Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense, January 2012. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, “Defense Budget Request----Written Submitted Statement to Senate Armed Services Committee”, February 14, 2012.
39 Joint Chiefs of Staff, The National Military Strategy of the United States of America 2011: Redefining America’s Military Leadership, February, 2011, pp. 2-4.
40 在2006 年的《四年防务评估》报告中，美国宣称要与盟友和伙伴一起“两面下注”，防备某个主要的或者正在崛起的大国走向敌对的道路，详见Department of Defense, Quadrennial Defense Review Report, February 2006, pp.27-32.
41 Hillary Rodham Clinton, “Remarks at Press Availability”, July 23, 2010, Hanoi, Vietnam,http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/07/145095.htm.
42 参见脚注38。
43 拙文《谁在忧虑中国的崛起？——<太平洋流读后>》，《美国研究》，2009年第1期，第138-147页。
44 Henry A. Kissinger, “The Future of US-China Relations”, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2012.