Asia. Is it rising?

   Tonight's blog entry will be covering the westward movement of wealth and civilization towards Japan.  The author of article 4, Paul Kennedy describes this as a common occurrence that needs to happen.  Most Americans do not want to believe that this is happening, but it is statistically shown that it is inevitable.

 Kennedy describes different variants of the population's opinions:

 "[a] it is not really happening, and the twenty-first century will be America's century, despite all the statistical evidence and forecasts to the contrary; or [b] it is indeed happening, but there is nothing to worry about since America and Asia are natural and complementary trading partners so they will all get richer at the same time, as if members of some gigantic trans-Pacific Hanseatic League. This displaying a naivete about power-politics that is breathtaking;..."
                                                         Asia's Rise: Rise and Fall by Paul Kennedy
 

  My personal opinion is that both of the countries need each other economically within the trade sector.

 There has also been a shift in the military.  All of Asia is building up their naval fleets.  This is very worrisome not only for America but for Europe also.  Unfortunately America seems to have no type of strategy for this problem.