Mirski, 13 – junior fellow in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Sean, “The Context, Conduct and Consequences of an American Naval Blockade of China,” Journal of Strategic Studies, 12 Feb 2013, http://carnegieendowment.org/2013/02/12/stranglehold-context-conduct-and-consequences-of-american-naval-blockade-of-china/fowj)//eek
However, if the United States perceived that its vital interests were at stake in a conflict, then it would be willing to shoulder greater burdens and expend greater effort in order to win it.12 In such an ‘extensive’ conflict, Washington may be willing to bear higher costs – including the cost of resisting international pressure to immediately terminate the conflict – to the point where a blockade would become an appropriate strategy. Equally importantly, the significance of the interests at stake would reinforce the United States’ political will and give American leaders the domestic political space necessary for prosecuting a longer- term conflict.
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