第二个情况就是美国依然是维护亚洲安全的最主要力量，无论第三种可能性存不存在：那就是各亚洲国家基于共同利益结成一个安全链条，确保亚洲单极化的情况不会发生。
A second scenario is that the US remains Asia’s principal security anchor, with or without a third possibility: the emergence of a constellation of Asian states with common interests working together to ensure that Asia is not unipolar.