The case for collective security agreements in the Pacific.
Collective security is seen as the best way to deal with the reluctant Russian bear.
In the whole Pacific area, the United States has two bilateral treaties, one with South Korea and the other with Japan. Trade, not military or political treaties, has been the new force for guaranteeing peace and prosperity in the region. The U.S. position has been to hope that the protagonists will eventually resolve their differences peacefully. To facilitate that process, the United States has stationed troops in South Korea and has supplied military weapons to Taiwan in order to maintain a balance of power in the region. But the divided Korea and China problems are coming to a boil.