Former Chief of US Pacific Command Stresses the Importance of US-Japan Alliance

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Admiral Dennis Blair, former US Director of National Intelligence & former Commander in Chief of US Pacific Command gave a lecture in Tokyo

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on 4/16/2014. The subject was: the US-Japan Alliance in Asian Security. The admiral said Asia will be the world's economic & security center

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He also said that China's rise is more like the rise of Imperial Russia, rather than Imperial Germany 100 years ago. He said US & Japan must

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continue to work towards getting China into the international system. Moreover, as China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has increased its

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spending by circa 10% for the past 10 years, US & Japan must respond by modernizing their collaborative capabilities and must also update

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their bilateral security agreement. He also said he dislikes how the Chinese Communist Party controls the military instead of the government

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When asked about the possibility of a war in Asia, he stated, citing Thycidides, that people go to war over honor, fear and/or interest.