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ASPI suggests
Posted By Harry White on May 1, 2013 @ 14:30
Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and their embarked air wings enable the United States to act as a key guarantor of peace and stability around the world. Having the ability to operate without a "permission slip" for basing and over-flight access, while generating the range of effects necessary to deter potential adversaries, is more than just a symbol of power. It is the essence of power.
Beijing's defense expenditures, measured in 2011 dollars, grew from $18 billion in 1989 to $157 billion by 2012, an increase of over 750 percent. Surprisingly, no East or Southeast Asian countries responded with similar increases in spending.
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[1] holding a panel discussion: http://2013defencesdsc.eventbrite.com/
[2] probably been used: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/world/middleeast/us-says-it-suspects-assad-used-chemical-weapons.html?_r=0&gwh=6E779147234F494DBFED7445D0C9F740
[3] Here is Mark Fitzpatrick: http://www.iiss.org/en/iiss%20voices/blogsections/iiss-voices-2013-1e35/april-2013-982b/sarin-in-syria-7492
[4] under pressure: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/lawmakers-call-for-stronger-u-s-action-in-syria/?smid=tw-share
[5] stand up for aircraft carries: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/26/why_america_still_needs_aircraft_carriers#.UXrtSGZZFUM.twitter
[6] Sea Power and American Interests in the Western Pacific: http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR151.html
[7] here: http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9709.html
[8] could be worse: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/25/paper_tiger_china_military_buildup
[9] China’s Forbearance Has Limits: http://www.ndu.edu/press/lib/pdf/china-perspectives/ChinaPerspectives-6.pdf
[10] writes that: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/white-paper-without-funds-makes-no-sense/story-e6frgd0x-1226631147590