Warwick Powell, former policy advisor to Kevin Rudd and senior fellow at Taihe Institute, noted in an interview with China News Network that American pursuit of primacy in Asia is contrary to the interests of peace in Asia, and is anathema to peace and stability in Asia, adding that "this causes some frictions in both Japan and ROK, because not everybody in these countries welcomes the ongoing role of the United States in Asia, let alone in their own countries." (Chen Tianhao)