Journal Article - Quarterly Journal: International Security

Contested Primacy in the Western Pacific: China's Rise and the Future of U.S. Power Projection

    Author:
  • Evan Braden Montgomery
| Spring 2014

Summary

Despite their disagreements, proponents of deep engagement and offshore balancing share an optimistic but unrealistic assessment regarding the durability of U.S. military dominance. China’s antiaccess/area denial strategy and conventional precision-strike capabilities are already undermining the United States’ military dominance in East Asia. The United States will need to adapt its military to meet this challenge.

The author has written a policy brief based on this article, "Time to Worry about China's Military Rise."

Read: Evan Braden Montgomery's op-ed at The National Interest "China's Rising Military Might: A Grand-Strategy Surprise?"

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For Academic Citation: Evan Braden Montgomery. “Contested Primacy in the Western Pacific: China's Rise and the Future of U.S. Power Projection.” Quarterly Journal: International Security, vol. 38. no. 4. (Spring 2014):
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