BBC:
China is not so much a rising power; it has risen; and in many ways it now challenges the US across a number of military domains.
This is the conclusion of a new report from the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney in Australia.
It warns that US defence strategy in the Indo-Pacific region „is in the throes of an unprecedented crisis“ and that Washington might struggle to defend its allies against China.
„America no longer enjoys military primacy in the Indo-Pacific“, it notes, „and its capacity to uphold a favourable balance of power is increasingly uncertain.“
„US defence strategy in the Indo-Pacific region“
