About a year ago, the Obama administration found itself on the defensive abroad.In late 2013, China had established an Air Defense Identification Zone over the East China Sea, imposing rules that amounted to a Chinese assertion of sovereignty over international airspace and disputed territories. The following month, a Chinese warship halted in the path of the USS Cowpens, nearly causing a collision, in an attempt to keep it from lawfully observing Chinese naval exercises in international waters.In March, Russia formally annexed Crimea only a month after Russia-friendly Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was removed from power. As President Obama was preparing …read more
Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research