Arms Racing With China: Is It Time for the Arsenal Aircraft Carrier?

Arms Racing With China: Is It Time for the Arsenal Aircraft Carrier?
Chinese J-15 fighter jets being launched from the deck of the Liaoning aircraft carrier during military drills in the Yellow Sea, off China's east coast on Dec. 23, 2016. STR/AFP/Getty Images
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An accelerating arms race will determine the contest for strategic primacy between the United States and China. Perceptions of U.S. weakness could tempt China to risk war. At stake is whether future generations benefit from a prevailing liberal democratic order or become enveloped by a spreading illiberal anti-democratic order organized, led, and armed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). 
Rick Fisher
Rick Fisher
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Rick Fisher is a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center.
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