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In the early 19th century, Egypt's Mehemet Ali looked at the global balance of economic and military power, and decreed that Egypt must industrialize, fast.
And yet, while naval deployments do not always end conflicts, they are a vital component of the military response to any crisis, and are critical to guaranteeing Europe’s security.
The GPE should be receiving at least $10 billion a year (about four days’ military spending by the NATO countries) to put Africa on a path toward universal secondary education.
The way to achieve this, it seems, was for Japan to provide military support to the US.
Even though the SDF still cannot participate in combat, the Anti-Terrorism law is the first that allows Japan to dispatch armed forces to join in military operations outside Japanese territory and territorial waters while the shooting war is on.
Here was a de facto request from America that Japan broaden its military cooperation.
India’s Burma DilemmaThe world has been horrified by graphic images of the latest crackdown by Myanmar’s military junta.
Any night, the military’s agents can come for you, take you away, and make sure you are never heard from again.
India, which “normalized” bilateral relations a few years ago, is reluctant to alienate Myanmar’s military, with which it has worked closely to counter rebels in India’s northeast who had been using the common border to tactical advantage.
To this end, India has provided aid, including tanks and training, to Myanmar’s military.
As well as happily receiving requests from individual social, political or military representatives within the target areas, the USAID-sponsored program invited NGOs to submit their own proposals.
But China’s quest for international respect is not well served by its embrace of rogue nations like Sudan, Venezuela, and Burma, much less by its secretive military build-up and its recent adventure in outer space.
Indeed, when the Chinese military secretly and recklessly fired a land-based missile into outer space in mid-January and shattered one of China’s aging satellites, the government caused outrage from London to Tokyo to Washington.
Lurking behind China’s ambition in space is the spirit of the Cold War, which continues to permeate the inner circles of the military high command, whose adversary is unmistakably the United States.
But since the 1980’s, the US has been ambivalent about the ultimate military and civilian utility of its space efforts.
China’s adventurism and its blithe assumption that it can deal with any international dictator it wishes and disturb the delicate military balance in outer space is emblematic of something sinister and dangerous.
As a result, in venues like the United Nations, China enjoys a degree of immunity from criticism for its egregious human rights abuses, as well as for its massive military build-up, one that is unparalleled in recent experience.
And if the US economy were to weaken substantially for a prolonged period, it could bring forward considerably the day when the US no longer has significant military superiority over its rivals.
Those who, like Trump, want to reduce US military involvement overseas may argue that this is nothing to worry about, but they are wrong.
When Turkey became a democracy in 1950, the previous system’s secular Kemalist elites attempted to harness the power of the military and the bureaucracy to control the elected government.
In fact, the Turkish military, with the judiciary’s support, explicitly intervened in the civilian government’s functioning in 1960, 1971, 1980, and 1997, each time in the name of protecting secularism.
In the 1990’s, military-backed secularist governments struck back, attempting to purge religious bureaucrats and military leaders: those who did not consume alcohol, or whose family members wore headscarves, were immediately suspected.
Moreover, a coordinated group within the judiciary is suspected of planting evidence – allegations that have led to the calls for military personnel to be retried.
To be sure, this does not mean that there were no coup attempts by members of the military in the past or cases of corruption by politicians and bureaucrats.
Hitler’s extreme nationalism resonated with many audiences, including young people who wanted to restore Germany’s lost territories and military might.
So, when Koreans, Filipinos, and Taiwanese rose up against their rulers, the US, albeit belatedly, was in a position to tell their military clients to back off.
Where America’s influence counts, as in the case of the Egyptian military, it has been used.
America's military budget is currently about $450 billion, roughly equal to the rest of the world's combined military spending.
The Bush Administration believes that US military power buys security, even though terrorism has increased since the Iraq War.
But despite its wealth and military might, America's ability to project political power - for good or ill - will decline in future years, for at least five reasons: America's budget is in crisis.
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