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The Guardian: Military power in Asia 'shifting against' the US, major report warns
The study, which calls for America to flex its military muscle in the region, will likely be seized on by Republicans who accuse Obama of weak leadership
The balance of military power in Asia is shifting against the US as China makes aggressive territorial moves, a major independent report will warn on Wednesday.
Barack Obama’s “pivot to Asia”, a major policy shift first outlined in 2011, is mired in confusion against a backdrop of a “significantly more complicated” international security picture, the researchers argue.
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Update: Study: US Pacific Strategy 'Insufficient' for Regional Goals (Defense News)
WNU Editor: The report is here .... Asia-Pacific Rebalance 2025: Capabilities, Presence and Partnerships (CSIS). As to what is my take .... the main reason why military power in Asia is 'shifting against' the US is because many of these Asian countries are now spending money on boosting their military forces. And while the U.S. is the world's dominant power, its military is spread throughout the world, and its presence is small in Asia when compared to what the others in the region are now fielding.
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China is increasingly more able to control its proximate sea areas. The US doesn't like it but the US can't do much about it except cry because they can't spend (waste) even more on naval hardware. Is controlling China's adjacent sea areas necessary to US security? No.
I differ.
America needs to control those areas if China threatens South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and The Phillipines.
So yes we have an interest in the proximate area to China.
If China did not threaten we would have no interest.
Simples.
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