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This paper claims that the impact of the incidents of 11 September 2001 on East Asia has rather been stabilizing, especially with regard to Sino-American relations. The author emphasizes that East Asia lacks the kind of formal security structure that Europe enjoys and the rapidly developing defense cooperation. The author explains that East Asia’s stability builds primarily on US bilateral alliances with Japan, Australia and several Southeast Asian countries and on direct US military presence. Further issues include Japan’s silent crisis, Sino-US tension, the Taiwan issue, jihadis in Southeast Asia, ASEAN and the South China Sea.