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Primary National Security Threats Facing the United States: The Magnitude of Their Threats and Steps That Have Been or Might Be Taken to Counteract Them
Ist Teil von
The International lawyer, 2017-06, Vol.50 (1), p.111-136
Ort / Verlag
Chicago: American Bar Association’s Section of International Law (ABA/SIL)
Erscheinungsjahr
2017
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Alma/SFX Local Collection
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Everyone would agree that the United States currently faces extremely serious national security threats; however, there is some disagreement as to what actually constitutes a national security threat.1 Is it-or should it be- limited to military threats, or should it have a more expansive focus and include economic, environmental, and other important facets of life? According to this approach, if China compares favorably to the United States, it means that China constitutes a military threat to the United States. A 2008 article adopting this approach concludes that China does not constitute a military threat to U.S. national security.2 The authors add some sarcasm to their conclusion: "Only those who believe that Fu Manchu is alive and well in the Middle Kingdom and fulfilling his dreams of world domination through a large and aggressive army, air force, and navy still subscribe to a notion that China poses a global military threat. "3 But the article noted above was written eight years ago, and the Chinese have greatly increased, and improved, their military assets; thus, it is still probable that China has limited ability to project its military power on a global basis.4 But China's possible military threat to U.S. national security is primarily regional, rather than global, in nature. China's recent construction of artificial islands . . . complete with airstrips and radar stations," plus neighboring nation-state's naval patrols "challenging Beijing's vast territorial claims have raised concern that the strategically important waters could become a flashpoint. [...]on April 19, 2016, the...