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Highlights key factors in South Asia imperiling U.S. interests, and
suggests how and where the U.S. military might play an expanded,
influential role. It suggests steps the military might take to
better advance and defend U.S. interests in the area. This
monograph highlights key factors in South Asia imperiling U.S.
interests, and suggests how and where the U.S. military might play
an expanded, influential role. It suggests seven steps the military
might take to better advance and defend U.S. interests in South
Asia, the Middle East, and Asia at large. Washington should
intensify involvement in South Asia and become more influential
with the governments there. Given the area's potential for
violence, it should also shape part of the U.S. military to meet
potential crises.
This title presents a nearly 50-year review of U.S. efforts to
transform defeated and broken enemies into democratic and
prosperous allies.
Spurred by a perceived growing ballistic missile threat from within
the Asia-Pacific region and requests from the United States to
support research and development on components of a missile defense
system, the Japanese government decided in late 1998 and early 1999
to move forward with joint research and development with the United
States on ballistic missile defense (BMD). This book explores both
the benefits and potential problems of deploying a BMD system in
Japan. It examines the main policies and actions undertaken thus
far by Japan in the area of BMD, discusses several future
milestones and likely next steps, and identifies the major Japanese
individuals and organizations influencing future decisions on BMD.
It also assesses how such issues as alliance maintenance, cost,
feasibility, commercial incentives, and Chinese behavior are
addressed by key Japanese players. It finds that, to date, Japan
has undertaken no effort to develop or acquire a dedicated BMD
system nor has it assessed in any thorough or systematic manner the
larger political and strategic implications of a BMD system. More
importantly, no consensus has yet emerged in favor of the
development or deployment of a full-fledged BMD system in Japan.
The book concludes that Japan could gradually acquire many of the
elements of a BMD system while avoiding an explicit, formal
deployment decision. The development or deployment of a complete
BMD system with the United States, however, will likely pose many
challenges to the U.S.-Japan alliance.
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