关键词: 中美关系 , 周边外交 , 亚太区域合作 , 美日同盟 , 北约

Abstract: During the Cold War,compared to NATO in Europe,the United States could only build much less functional multiple bilateral alliances in AsiaPacific,primarily because the military strengths of Soviet Union and China were relatively weak in the region After the cold war,as there are still big gaps between Chinas military strength and that of the US,the US AsiaPacific Alliance system has not seen a transition from multiple bilateral to single multilateral More importantly,because China and other countries in AsiaPacific enjoy extensive and close economic ties and has formed multilateral cooperation network,the military mutual trust mechanism between China and the US has been established,even if China continues to maintain its current rising momentum,it will be difficult for the US and its AsiaPacific allies to form a high degree of consensus on the socalled “China threat” Therefore,it is not necessary and feasible for the US to build a single multilateral AsiaPacific version of “Mini NATO”
 

Key words: SinoUS relations , peripheral diplomacy , AsiaPacific regional integration , USJapan alliance , NATO