title: Strategic Flexibility to Deter in the Asia Pacific
abstract: Abstract : The recent military resurgence of both China and Russia, along with the United States so-called rebalance to the Asia-Pacific and declining military budgets, suggests the need and opportunity to reevaluate US military policy for the region. Increased air and maritime shows of force, Chinas declaration of an unusually expansive air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in November 2013, its continued improvements to island infrastructure in the South China Sea over the past year, and Russ
journal: Air & Space Power Journal