HOW WE WOULD FIGHT CHINA
The Middle East is just a blip. The American military contest with China in
the Pacific will define the twenty-first century. And China will be a more
formidable adversary than Russia ever was
BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN
For some time now no navy or air force has posed a threat to the United
States. Our only competition has been armies, whether conventional forces or
guerrilla insurgencies. This will soon change. The Chinese navy is poised to
push out into the Pacific—and when i
