The Obama administration perceives the Asia-Pacific as a vital and dynamic region and thus prioritized it in its foreign policy agenda. Some scholars have suggested that the Obama administration’s rebalance towards Asia has taken a realist approach to engagement with the Asia-Pacific while others suggested that it deviated significantly from realism. This article seeks to examine more closely the question of the realist nature of the US rebalance policy towards the Asia-Pacific. It begins with a discussion of views of the Obama administration’s rebalance towards the Asia-Pacific before giving an overview of realism. Then, it seeks to establish a realist model of foreign policy and examine the Obama administration’s rebalance towards the Asia-Pacific against that model. It finds that the Obama administration has high scores on two of the indicators of realism—the emphasis on military capabilities and the emphasis on alliance-building—but has lower scores on the third and the fourth—a low regard for multilateral institutions, and a low regard for values. The Obama administration has actively engaged with regional institutions and has strongly supported the spread of democracy and human dignity all over the Asia-Pacific. Hence, the Obama administration’s rebalance towards the Asia-Pacific is a realist foreign policy with certain modifications.

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美国亚太再平衡：真的现实吗？

奥巴马政府将亚太地区视为一个充满活力和活力的地区，因此在其外交政策议程中将其列为优先事项。有学者认为，奥巴马政府对亚洲的再平衡采取了现实主义的态度对待亚太问题，而另一些学者则认为这与现实主义大相径庭。本文试图更仔细地考察美国对亚太再平衡政策的现实性问题。首先讨论奥巴马政府对亚太再平衡的看法，然后再概述现实主义。然后，它寻求建立一个现实主义的外交政策模型，并对照该模型考察奥巴马政府的亚太再平衡。研究发现，奥巴马政府在现实主义的两个指标——强调军事能力和强调联盟建设——上得分高，但在第三和第四个指标上得分较低——对多边机构的重视程度低，以及对价值观的重视程度不高。奥巴马政府积极与地区机构接触，并大力支持民主和人类尊严在整个亚太地区的传播。因此，奥巴马政府的亚太再平衡是一种现实主义的外交政策，有一定的修改。奥巴马政府积极与地区机构接触，并大力支持民主和人类尊严在整个亚太地区的传播。因此，奥巴马政府的亚太再平衡是一种现实主义的外交政策，有一定的修改。奥巴马政府积极与地区机构接触，并大力支持民主和人类尊严在整个亚太地区的传播。因此，奥巴马政府的亚太再平衡是一种现实主义的外交政策，有一定的修改。