Foreign Affairs (February 21)
2025/ 02/ 23 by jd in Global News
“China’s armed forces are changing quickly. Over the last 15 years, Beijing has devoted significant resources to developing a military that can project power abroad. It now has three aircraft carriers and a growing fleet of amphibious assault ships…. These changes should not be surprising since Chinese officials have spoken publicly about how they see their country as a great power on the rise, one that must project power overseas.” That may, however, ultimately prove “a self-defeating strategy.” Although “power projection once made empires,” it can also “undo them.”
