Since the core message of the Obama administration, in regards to the United States' relationship with Asia, is that it "is going to play a leadership role there for decades to come,” I would say that the most useful of Mead's paradigms in this instance is the "Hamiltonian" archetype of American foreign policy. I can see where one might argue that the “Wilsonian” archetype is applicable, too, but it is clear that the Obama administration wants to expand the United States’ influence and build up its relationship with Asia more so in a way that boosts American commerce, promotes economic growth, and protects American values, and less so in a way that aims to solely “civilize the rest of the world” through democratization and spreading the rule
