The Application Of Obama Government" Smart Power" Diplomacy In The American Northeast Asia Alliance

The Obama Government promotes the new thinking on diplomacy actively afterhe came to power, and "Smart power" clearly represents the new direction of theObama Government. Hilary Clinton described it as" by dexterous use of all policy,including diplomatic, economic, military, political, legal and cultural and other means,the United States can dominate the global leadership again". With the United States’east strategic, the Obama Government is proposing the implementation of the six keylinesof the Asia-Pacific strategy, the first of which is to strengthen the bilateral securityalliances, to combine the two, the United States will be bound to "smart power"diplomacy is applied to strengthen the alliance procession.This paper is based on the concept of "smart power" as the research object, fromthe practical perspective, and from the theory and practice analysis of "smart power",And in the development trend of "smart power" diplomacy in the alliance. In this paper,the basic structure is divided into four parts:The first part is the basic analysis of the concept of the" smart power". Firstly, toelaborate the concept of "smart power" and its origin and expatiate the connotation.Then the paper analyses three features of "smart power" comprehensive, internal andexternal interaction and relative variability, these characteristics provided vast spacethat the United States use the" smart power” to alliance, and make the theory in thereal demand of tension and the transformation of policy.The second part is the reason why Obama use the "smart power" to the alliance.In this part, the paper analyses the facts that a plurality of threat of the United States,and the change of relative power after the financial crisis and region structure andcomplexity contradiction in the Northeast Asia. The "smart power" applied to the union, in order to maximize the national interest.The third part is the practice of "smart power". Therefore, this part from theUnited States strengthening the hard power of herself and promoting the soft power ofalliance, and combined with concrete examples, analysis the United States how topractice the "smart power" between the allies. The Obama Government`"smart power"is applied to the alliance, it is only a matter of expediency to strengthen therelationship with alliance in the situation that the United States national`strengthdecreasing, t is only the changes of means and ways, and it is not a fundamentalchange of the strategy.The fourth part is the future of" smart power" in the league. This part discussesthe influence of the use of "smart power" in the league. Through the "smart power"diplomacy, the United States can be bundle ally, compensate for the decline in strength,and give adversaries deterrence in every aspect. And the use of the "smart power" isthe continuance of American pragmatism. Its essence is through the skillful diplomacychange, the national interests of the United States can realize and safeguard. Finallythrough the analysis of the obstacles in using the "smart power" in the alliance,exploring the trend of "smart power".In short, the using of the "smart power" concept of the Obama Government to thealliance is a bold diplomatic changes, means of strengthening alliance and to achievehegemony dexterity. If the "Smart power" plays good, the alliance will increasinglystrengthen. If the "smart power" plays bad, it will weaken alliance. The future of the"smart power" diplomatic is how to continue in the alliance, how to develop, it stillremains to be seen.