China's assertive expansionism has begun to reap the whirlwind. Not only has the United States finally gotten the formula and spirit of its pivot to Asia right. Now it has inspired the other Western powers to rally behind it where they never imagined they'd tread before. Nikkei reports that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) plans to open a 'liaison office' in Tokyo, the first of its kind in Asia. The only other places where Nato has liaison offices are the United Nations (UN) in New York, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Vienna, and in Ukraine, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kuwait.

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