The term is traced back to the Roman Emperor Hadrian (reigned AD 117 – 138)  but the concept is as old as recorded history. In the Indian Epic Ramayana, considered 7000 years old, Lord Rama is quoted as saying "Bhay Bin Hoye na Preet"  meaning once prayers for peace fail, one may need to instil fear to bring peace. In 1943, at the peak of World War II, the founder of the Paneuropean Union, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, argued that after the war the United States is bound to take "command of the skies" to ensure the lasting world peace: In 2016, former US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter envisaged that the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific will make the region "peaceful" through "strength":
The term is traced back to the Roman Emperor Hadrian (reigned AD 117 – 138) , but the concept is as old as recorded history. In the Indian epic Ramayana, considered 7000 years old, Lord Rama is quoted as saying "Bhay Bin Hoye na Preet" , meaning once prayers for peace fail, one may need to instill fear to bring peace. In 1943, at the peak of World War II, the founder of the Paneuropean Union, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, argued that after the war the United States was bound to take "command of the skies" to ensure the lasting world peace: In 2016, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter envisaged that the re-balance to the Asia-Pacific will make the region "peaceful" through "strength":
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