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56 See Bonnie S Glaser and Jake A Douglas, ‘Another Sign that U.S.-China Relations are Souring’,
The National Interest, 7 July 2015, http://nationalinterest.org/feature/another-sign-us-china-relations-are-souring-13269.
57 See Tu Debin ‘Research on China’s Maritime Transportation Security and Thoughts on its Protection’.
58 See Peter Varghese, ‘An Australian world view: A practitioner’s perspective’, speech delivered
at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, 20 August 2015, www.lowyinstitute.org/files/peter_varghese_lowy_institute_address.pdf.
59 See Desmond Ball, ‘Asia’s Naval Arms Race: Myth or Reality?’, paper prepared for the
25 th Asia-Pacific Roundtable in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 30 May 2011, www.isis.org.my/
files/25APR/paper_cs_2_desmond_ball.pdf.
60 Vibhanshu Shekhar and Joseph Chinyong Liow, ‘Indonesia as a Maritime Power: Jokowi’s Vision,
Strategies, and Obstacles Ahead’, The Brookings Institution, November 2014, www.brookings.
edu/research/articles/2014/11/indonesia-maritime-liow-shekhar.
61 See Richard S Ehrlich, ‘Thailand nears $1 billion submarine deal with China despite exclusive
U.S. military training’, The Washington Times, 7 July 2015, www.washingtontimes.com/
news/2015/jul/7/thailand-nears-1-billion-submarine-deal-with-china/?page=all. See also
Wendall Minnick, ;Thai Chinese Sub Buy Challenges US Pivot;, Defense News, 12 July 2015,
www.defensenews.com/story/defense/naval/submarines/2015/07/12/thailand-china-submarines-us-pivot/29904545.
Immediately after these reports were published, Thailand paused
its plan to acquire submarines from China. See Amy Sawitta Lefevre, ‘Thailand puts $1 billion
Chinese submarines purchase on hold’, Reuters UK, 15 July 2015, http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/07/15/uk-thailand-china-submarines-idUKKCN0PP0NQ20150715.
62 See ‘50 N. Korean submarines away from base’, Yonhap News, 23 August 2015, http://english.
yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2015/08/23/0200000000AEN20150823003100315.html.
63 See Allyson Versprille, ‘Analysts: China’s Missile Program the Greatest Long-Term Threat to
U.S. Security’, National Defense, 20 August 2015, www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/lists/
posts/post.aspx?ID=1925. This article refers to the successful testing of China’s WU-14 hypersonic
glide vehicle, which is capable of speeds of up to Mach 10. For a fuller analysis of China’s
latest missile capabilities, see Andrew S Erickson, ‘Showtime: China Reveals Two “Carrier-Killer”
Missiles’, The National Interest, 3 September 2015, http://nationalinterest.org/feature/showtime-china-reveals-two-carrier-killer-missiles-13769.
64 See Otto Kreisher, ‘Panel Says U.S. Missile Defenses Inadequate Against Chinese Threat’, Seapower
Magazine, 19 August 2015, www.seapowermagazine.org/stories/20150819-china-missiles.
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65 See James Holmes, ‘Why Jointness Makes for Bad Strategy, and Other Thoughts’, War on the
Rocks, 15 July 2015, http://warontherocks.com/2015/07/why-jointness-makes-for-bad-strategyand-other-thoughts.
66 See James Holmes, ‘Twilight of the Aircraft Carrier?’, The Diplomat, 13 December 2013, http://
thediplomat.com/2013/12/twilight-of-the-aircraft-carrier.
67 See Paul Kallender-Umezu, ‘Japan Likely To Bolster Naval Missile Defense’, Defense News, 11
July 2015, www.defensenews.com/story/defense/naval/ships/2015/07/11/japan-naval-fire-control-china-aegis/29886975.
68 See Paul Scharre, ‘The Human Element in Robotic Warfare’, 11 March 2015, http://warontherocks.com/2015/03/the-human-element-in-robotic-warfare/?singlepage=1.