Forces, Geography, and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996–2017
by
Eric Heginbotham, Michael Nixon, Forrest E. Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
A RAND study analyzed Chinese and U.S. military capabilities in two scenarios (Taiwan and the Spratly Islands) from 1996 to 2017, finding that trends in most, but not all, areas run strongly against the United States. While U.S. aggregate power remains greater than China’s, distance and geography...