# In an op-ed, NYU Research Prof. Ian Bremmer reacts to China's claim to a wider air zone

1 Faculty News December 9, 2013 ![Reuters logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030503.jpg?itok=0OAgrDF0)>

Excerpt from [Reuters](http://blogs.reuters.com/ian-bremmer/2013/12/09/chinas-air-zone-announcement-was-just-the-beginning/) -- "The air zone declaration and its aftermath make it clear that China intends for its security position to win out in the East China Sea, and expects it to be a faster process, given the shift of the regional security and economic power balance in its favor."

[Read more](http://blogs.reuters.com/ian-bremmer/2013/12/09/chinas-air-zone-announcement-was-just-the-beginning/)

Additional coverage appeared on [The National Interest](http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/understanding-chinas-adiz-play-9534).