China’s challenges to the status quo expose the folly of the very idea that the world’s sole superpower, the only nation capable of projecting sustained force across the globe, would ever “pivot” to anywhere. The American military must never be perceived as having to “pivot,” thus creating the impression for friend and foe alike that the nation’s back will soon be necessarily turned on them. To concede that America can only manage one front at a time is a concession that will always be exploited by the world’s revisionist powers. For the moment, America is squarely focused on the challenge prevented by Russia’s imprudent intervention in Syria. Meanwhile, China is watching.
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