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发帖数: 38600 | 1 Avoiding War With China: Revisited
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/avoiding-war-china-revisite
In short, U.S. primacy in East Asia, argues Christopher Layne, “reinforces
Beijing’s insecurities and its deep-rooted fears of Washington’s
intentions and ambitions.”
This brings us to my concluding point and the core of my initial argument,
which Kazianis disappointingly failed to address in his rebuttal. For the
present strategy against China to be effective—or, for that matter,
coherent—there must be an explanation of how we expect containment to work.
In what scenario can we imagine China, whose relative power in the
international system is rising, to give up its regional ambitions, overcome
its fears of encirclement, and cede regional hegemony to the United States,
whose relative power is declining? To use Mearsheimer’s more succinct
formulation, “why would a powerful China accept U.S. military forces
operating in its backyard?” And, furthermore, how high are we really
willing to let this impending security competition escalate, especially when
the U.S. can maintain its own unparalleled safety and security without a
predominant military presence in the Pacific? | c****g
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