Can offshore balancing be a viable strategy for the United States in North-East Asia?
Given the debate over offshore balancing as an alternative strategy for the US, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate if offshore balancing can be a viable strategy for the US in North-East Asia by conducting a quantitative study on the military and latent power of China, Japan, South Korea and R...
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| author | Lee, Benedict Kai Ming |
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| description | Given the debate over offshore balancing as an alternative strategy for the US, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate if offshore balancing can be a viable strategy for the US in North-East Asia by conducting a quantitative study on the military and latent power of China, Japan, South Korea and Russia. This paper argues that offshore balancing is a viable strategy for the US in North-East Asia since Japan and South Korea are capable of denying China air and sea control in the East China Sea in the short-term. However, offshore balancing may not be feasible in the long-term since Japan and South Korea are unable to balance against China’s defence spending, military modernisation and latent power over time. Moreover, there is an opportunity for the US to draw Russia away from the China-Russia alliance. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1388932020-05-13T09:09:13Z Can offshore balancing be a viable strategy for the United States in North-East Asia? Lee, Benedict Kai Ming Nilay Saiya School of Social Sciences nilay.saiya@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Political science::International relations Given the debate over offshore balancing as an alternative strategy for the US, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate if offshore balancing can be a viable strategy for the US in North-East Asia by conducting a quantitative study on the military and latent power of China, Japan, South Korea and Russia. This paper argues that offshore balancing is a viable strategy for the US in North-East Asia since Japan and South Korea are capable of denying China air and sea control in the East China Sea in the short-term. However, offshore balancing may not be feasible in the long-term since Japan and South Korea are unable to balance against China’s defence spending, military modernisation and latent power over time. Moreover, there is an opportunity for the US to draw Russia away from the China-Russia alliance. Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and Global Affairs 2020-05-13T09:09:12Z 2020-05-13T09:09:12Z 2020 Final Year Project (FYP) https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138893 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Political science::International relations Lee, Benedict Kai Ming Can offshore balancing be a viable strategy for the United States in North-East Asia? |
| title | Can offshore balancing be a viable strategy for the United States in North-East Asia? |
| title_full | Can offshore balancing be a viable strategy for the United States in North-East Asia? |
| title_fullStr | Can offshore balancing be a viable strategy for the United States in North-East Asia? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can offshore balancing be a viable strategy for the United States in North-East Asia? |
| title_short | Can offshore balancing be a viable strategy for the United States in North-East Asia? |
| title_sort | can offshore balancing be a viable strategy for the united states in north east asia |
| topic | Social sciences::Political science::International relations |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138893 |
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