China Deterrence: US Allies Need Increased Investment

Unlike in Europe or the Middle East, there are no big interstate wars taking place in Asia right now. But the threat from China’s military build-up is obvious. Across the Pacific, American airmen are busy restoring and upgrading second-world-war airbases so that they can be used by their forces today. This is part of a policy to deter China that began under President Joe Biden. Now President Donald Trump is demanding that America’s Asian friends contribute far more to this task.