该地区不仅是全球增长最快经济体的所在地，也是军事开支和海军实力增长最快，对自然资源竞争最激烈以及最危险的战略热点，甚至可以将其称之为全球安全的关键。
The region is home not only to the world’s fastest-growing economies, but also to the fastest-increasing military expenditures and naval capabilities, the fiercest competition over natural resources, and the most dangerous strategic hot spots. One might even say that it holds the key to global security.