Growing militarism in China is worrisome to all of Far East Asia including many American friends and allies. Rising instability on the Korean Peninsula has a profound effect far from Seoul and Pyongyang. In Europe, Bosnia, Armenia, and Chechnya serve grim notice of the dangers of ethnic conflict. The Middle East continues to see expanding arsenals of both conventional and unconventional weaponry in the hands of rogue states. Armed Forces are stationed in the Persian Gulf, the Korean Peninsula, and Bosnia to safeguard American interests in those regions.
New ones emerge everyday.
We cannot be assured that the U.S. will remain the only superpower. China is emerging as a major force to be reckoned with and both Germany and Japan can emerge as superpowers in the future. WE LIVE in an unstable and chaotic world. What we are witnessing is not an end to history but a continuum. Policies and directions decided upon today cannot be quickly reversed.