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To subscribe to the magazine, click here . A controversial programme to defend American soil and American troops abroad has united opposition in Asia. It could also polarize the region. U.S. allies and analysts warn that the deployment of such a shield would likely send U.S.-China relations into a tailspin and cause other countries to modernize their own defence programmes. By Murray Hiebert and Susan V. Lawrence.