More significantly, they hold that the time has come to build a new regional security architecture. They assert that bilateral security alliances such as the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty are rapidly outliving their usefulness. The structure should promise security for all of the nations of the region and not one nation or group of nations at the expense of another nation or group of nations. In this light, military alliances lack utility, and are not suitable. Negotiation and compromise are key elements of regional security.
Security includes both economic and military components.
It is necessary to account for interdependence. They claim that China and Russia have built and wish to maintain a coordinated strategic partnership that enables each to feel secure. Also, in a new departure, PLA analysts advocated initiating a series of supplementary dialogues on relevant strategic issues and the slow building of multilateral structures and regimes. They voiced three major criticisms. First, they argued that the alliance is being redefined and expanded in order to better contain China.