We will be talking about cybersecurity a little later, but we will begin on a topic that we have touched on most recently when we were on the West Coast and were briefed on the whole Asia-Pacific tilt or pivot that we see on the part of Western nations. The region has become hugely important in world affairs; the U.S. military is rapidly rebalancing its forces there, as they say, largely because of the rise of China.
Cette région est aujourd'hui au premier plan des affaires mondiales, et les États-Unis, pour reprendre leur expression, ont entrepris de rééquilibrer leur appareil militaire dans cette direction, en grande partie par suite de la montée en puissance de la Chine.