To Defeat China In A War, Its Economy Must Be 'Strangled'

Fast-attack submarine USS 'Seawolf' enters Apra Harbor, Guam, in 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Edward N. Vasquez

David Axe, Forbes: To Defeat China In War, Strangle Its Economy: Expert

Cutting off China from its trading partners and sources of oil, natural gas and other resources could be the best, and least costly, way for the United States to defeat China in a major war.

To that end, the U.S. Navy should prepare to blockade China, according to Bradford Dismukes, a retired Navy captain and political scientist. “Globalization has made China, a great continental power, dependent on the use of the sea and thus vulnerable to coercion from the sea,” Dismukes wrote.

Blockade is an ancient strategy. Surround your enemies. Starve and impoverish them.

Blockade-enforcement by way of naval forces is only slightly less ancient. But it’s also unsexy as far as naval doctrine goes, and thus many American planners have tended to ignore it, Dismukes explained.

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WNU Editor: This was the strategy that was used to defeat Japan in World War II. Its economic engine was starved of the raw resources that it needed to wage war. China knows that, which is why it is currently trying to establish trade routes via Central Asia to the Middle East.