{"id":22664,"date":"2006-11-01T01:54:05","date_gmt":"2006-11-01T06:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/?p=22664"},"modified":"2023-04-25T08:47:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T12:47:41","slug":"the-near-enemy-and-the-far-the-long-war-china-and-the-2006-us-quadrennial-defense-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/the-near-enemy-and-the-far-the-long-war-china-and-the-2006-us-quadrennial-defense-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Near Enemy and the Far: The Long War, China, and the 2006 US Quadrennial Defense Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Carl Conetta, 01 November 2006.\u00a0 \u27aa <a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/061101-2006-QDR-Near-Enemy-and-Far.html\"> HTML<\/a>\u00a0 \u27aa\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/061101-2006-QDR-Near-Enemy-and-Far.pdf\"> PDF<\/a>.\u00a0 An edited version of this analysis appeared in the July 2006 issue of the <em>World Policy Journal<\/em> with the title <em><a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/06conetta.pdf\">Dissuading China and Fighting the \u2018Long War\u2019<\/a><\/em> (PDF).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22667 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/flight-sky-sunset-men-54098-1-500x329.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 2006 US Quadrennial Defense Review advanced two new strategic vectors for the US armed forces \u2013 one targeted a putative \u201cglobal Islamic insurgency,\u201d the other put America on a collision course with China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Carl Conetta, 01 November 2006.\u00a0 \u27aa HTML\u00a0 \u27aa\u00a0 PDF.\u00a0 An edited version of this analysis appeared in the July 2006 issue of the World Policy Journal with the title Dissuading China and Fighting the 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