| Why America Must Be a Seapower
To retain its leading position within the global system, the United States should make a conscious decision to pivot back to being a seapower. It needs to recognize that it no longer has the means, nor the strategic acumen, to continue in its attempt to be all things to all peoples. Rather, at this point in its history, the nation should take stock of its unique geostrategic location in the northern, resource-rich portion of the Western Hemisphere, separated from the vicissitudes of the Eurasian landmass by two broad oceans.
Recognizing this, the country should commit itself, as its founders originally did, to taking full advantage of its geographic situation and implementing a comprehensive diplomatic, economic, and military strategy that focuses primarily on securing and stabilizing the four great global commons — the seas, air, space, and cyberspace — as a means of preserving the nation’s preeminent position while eschewing all-consuming and all-too-distracting foreign land-war commitments.
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We Should Not Underestimate China’s Military Ambitions
Waking up to the threat from China is a good thing. But Americans may still not fully appreciate how Beijing has used its growing economy to undertake the largest military modernization effort in the history of the People’s Republic of China. And as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has become more capable, Beijing has acted more aggressively against the United States and its allies and partners. This belligerent behavior has been manifest in the South China Sea, on the border with India, and in the seas and skies surrounding Taiwan and Japan’s Senkaku Islands.
But not so fast, say some American commentators. They argue such assessments regarding Chinese power are exaggerated, and instead assert that Beijing is actually a “paper dragon”—a threat hardly worth worrying about.
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Blinken's Non-Containment Policy Regarding China
In various recent interviews, President Joe Biden and his top diplomat have tried to say they want China to follow "the rules" while it pushes past the United States as the dominant power in the world. That is the only way to see the signals they are sending to the Beijing regime.
For American diplomacy, this is a significant admission that America no longer wants to lead the world, but gracefully back away as the world's reigning superpower. Perhaps these clear signals will be seen by some western allies as merely noblesse oblige, a gentlemanly way of responding to the shoves of a bully.
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