{"id":8006,"date":"2013-07-31T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T04:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=8006"},"modified":"2013-08-19T16:09:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T06:09:14","slug":"anglosphere-ways-of-war-and-the-asian-century-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/anglosphere-ways-of-war-and-the-asian-century-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglosphere Ways of War and the Asian Century (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>I explained yesterday<\/a> how the Chinese have thoroughly digested the Anglosphere\u2019s Rules of the Road, and have steered themselves to prosperity in the process. The Anglosphere Ways of War<\/a> are equally well understood. Indeed, China is embracing one of the central laws of the Elders of Greenwich: the top dog has to put to sea. The British adopted the naval strategy pioneered by the Dutch and then sailed out to build a global empire. The US took over the sea strategy and still presides as the maritime mega-power. If the Obama pivot is to mean anything long term in Asia, it will be based on the US delivering as the off-shore naval balancer in the region, in the same way as the Britain did for Europe.<\/p>\n Mead argues that the emergence of a multipolar international system in Asia is an extraordinary opportunity for the US and its maritime system:<\/p>\n The interests of the key Asian powers appear to be aligned with those of the US and of the liberal capitalist order; American interests are never more secure than when multiple pillars support the system… The offshore balancing power that is interested in an open global trading system poses less threat and offers more opportunity to more partners than traditional land powers can usually match.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Mark China as the traditional land power that understands this argument and is responding accordingly. On this, see Sam Roggeveen\u2019s piece<\/a> noting the view that \u2018China has ticked the \u201csea denial\u201d box, and is moving on to more ambitious blue water plans\u2019. The military element of the US rebalance must pivot on maritime strategy. The response from China is plenty of naval pushback. The quandary for other Asian players is the extent to which they can do the Anglo dance in support of the US.<\/p>\n