Recalibrating American grand strategy: softening US policies toward Iran in order to contain China

Over the next decade, the US will have to rethink its grand strategy as it addresses the challenge of maintaining its primacy as a global power in an increasingly multipolar world whose center of gravity has shifted to Asia. The task will be all the more daunting because significant fiscal and econo...

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Published in:Parameters (Carlisle, Pa.) Pa.), 2013-12, Vol.42 (4-1), p.47-58
Main Author: Tata, Samir
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asia
Balance of power
China (People's Republic)
Debts
Exports and Imports
Federal Government
Foreign relations
Geopolitics
Iran
National defense
National Security
Peoples Republic of China
United States
United States of America
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Summary:Over the next decade, the US will have to rethink its grand strategy as it addresses the challenge of maintaining its primacy as a global power in an increasingly multipolar world whose center of gravity has shifted to Asia. The task will be all the more daunting because significant fiscal and economic constraints imposed by a federal government debt that has mushroomed to nearly $16 trillion or about 100% of GDP, and a continuing economic slowdown that has been the deepest and longest since the Great Depression will force difficult tradeoffs as the US seeks to realign and streamline vital national interests with limited resources. The overarching national security objective of the US must be crystal clear, that is to counterbalance and contain a rising China determined to be the dominant economic, political, and military power in Asia. From a strategic perspective, the "Achilles heel" of China is its overwhelming dependence on Persian Gulf energy imports to fuel its rapidly growing economy. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0031-1723