A Look at Strategic Geography for Pacific Defense: Putting the Chinese Military Challenge Into Strategic Context
04/05/2020
By Robbin Laird
The Chinese Communist Regime led by “lifetime†leader Xi Jinping has enhanced its military capabilities as part of it overall rise to regional and then global power.
Notably, it has not led with the use of military power as its key instrument, but has combined manufacturing growth, supply chain dominance (enabled by the Western approach to globalization), investments within the West and the Third World, along with sophisticated means for political influence and information war.
And they have built a significant nuclear force underlying their ability to enhance direct defense of the mainland.
How then best to counter the Chinese challenge?
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