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 inParameters (Carlisle, Pa.) Vol. 42/43; no. 4/1; p. 47
Main Author Tata, Samir
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Carlisle Barracks U.S. Army War College 01.12.2012
Subjects
Energy policy
Natural gas reserves
Oil consumption
Oil reserves
Petroleum industry
Pipelines
South China Sea
Indian Ocean
United States > US
Japan
Gulf of Aden
Red Sea
Arabian Sea
Persian Gulf
Strait of Hormuz
South Korea
Iran
Asia
Taiwan
Israel
Australia
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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.
ISSN:0031-1723
2158-2106