the following was written to _____________.

the only paragraph in the article that offers possible alternative
explanations for why we’re “rebalancing” consists of
abstractions. the real reasons, according to glosserman, are
washington’s desire to “counter a narrative of u.s. decline in
the asia-pacific” and its “determination to play its historical
regional role.” but what might produce this narrative of u.s.
decline, and who would care about such a narrative, absent
china? and what is our historical regional role?

① praise ② appreciate ③ criticize ④ inform ⑤ order