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In this article the author examines the state of international relations between the United States and Asia during 2008. It is noted that despite the fact that the Asia Pacific region underwent significant economic damage as a result of the global financial crisis originating in the United State, relations with the U.S. are not strained. The author notes that this lack of tension in the region is widespread despite concerns that North Korea will develop nuclear weapons and the lack of resolution in difficulties between Taiwan and China.

Discusses nuclear build-up in the Asia and its implications on worldwide security. Asian countries which are producing nuclear weapons; Nuclear acknowledgments in India and Pakistan; Likely risk of a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan; North Korean nuclear crisis.

Focuses on militarism and the development of nuclear weapons in Asia. Politicization of the armies; Modernization of the military; Establishment of military-industrial complex; Dangers of nationalism; Bombs and missiles as the symbols of modernity.