{"id":6469,"date":"2012-12-12T18:12:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T23:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=6469"},"modified":"2012-12-12T18:12:48","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T23:12:48","slug":"wpr-article-strategic-horizons-u-s-must-change-its-thinking-on-conflict-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/12\/wpr-article-strategic-horizons-u-s-must-change-its-thinking-on-conflict-in-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"WPR Article &#124; Strategic Horizons: U.S. Must Change Its Thinking on Conflict in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Metz writes on China&#8217;s growing air-sea battle capability (or &#8220;high-intensity, regional military operations, including anti-access and area denial (A2AD) operations&#8221; in defense-analyst-speak):<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color:#ddddff;\"><p>Military capability is only part of the equation: China also has the motivation to use its growing military power. It has long-standing and unresolved territorial disputes with a number of Asia-Pacific nations. It remains dependent on imported energy and has shown a willingness to flex its muscle to protect access to its sources. And most of all, China seems determined to replace the United States as the dominant power in the Asia-Pacific region. To do this, it must negate U.S. military power and fill the ensuing vacuum with its own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at <a href='http:\/\/www.worldpoliticsreview.com\/articles\/12561\/strategic-horizons-u-s-must-change-its-thinking-on-conflict-in-asia'>WPR Article | Strategic Horizons: U.S. Must Change Its Thinking on Conflict in Asia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Metz writes on China&#8217;s growing air-sea battle capability (or &#8220;high-intensity, regional military operations, including anti-access and area denial (A2AD) operations&#8221; in defense-analyst-speak): Military capability is only part of the equation: China also has the motivation to use its growing military power. It has long-standing and unresolved territorial disputes with a number of Asia-Pacific nations. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/12\/wpr-article-strategic-horizons-u-s-must-change-its-thinking-on-conflict-in-asia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WPR Article &#124; Strategic Horizons: U.S. Must Change Its Thinking on Conflict in Asia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,29,34],"tags":[149,230,663,1240,3369],"class_list":["post-6469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china-hk","category-the-big-picture","category-us-canada-countries-regions","tag-air-sea-battle","tag-asia-pacific","tag-china","tag-energy-imports","tag-territorial-disputes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WPR Article &#124; Strategic Horizons: U.S. Must Change Its Thinking on Conflict in Asia - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WPR Article &#124; Strategic Horizons: U.S. Must Change Its Thinking on Conflict in Asia - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Steven Metz writes on China&#8217;s growing air-sea battle capability (or &#8220;high-intensity, regional military operations, including anti-access and area denial (A2AD) operations&#8221; in defense-analyst-speak): Military capability is only part of the equation: China also has the motivation to use its growing military power. 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