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Japan’s overseas development assistance in places ranging from Africa to Afghanistan, its participation in global health projects, its support of the United Nations, its naval participation in anti-piracy operations, and its research and development on energy efficiency place it at the forefront in dealing with the new transnational challenges.
Its “string of pearls” across the Indian Ocean – a series of potential naval stations connecting China to the Middle East and Africa – would support a Chinese blue-water navy able to patrol the sea-lanes of the Persian Gulf.
The EU acted quickly in the aftermath of the drowning of more than 1,000 migrants in a particularly horrific episode in April, tripling the budget of its much-maligned naval surveillance operations and expanding their operational area to match Italy’s discontinued Mare Nostrum operation.
The region is home not only to the world’s fastest-growing economies, but also to the fastest-increasing military expenditures and naval capabilities, the fiercest competition over natural resources, and the most dangerous strategic hot spots.
Moreover, China is planning to open a new naval base next to Pakistan’s China-controlled Gwadar port.
To secure the immediate removal of the Soviet missiles, the US considered two main strategies: a naval blockade or an air strike.
On October 22, Kennedy announced a naval blockade.
The Ukrainian naval vessels were in full compliance with a 2003 bilateral treaty governing access to the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov.
The Growler systems are located at Russia’s air base in Latakia and a naval base in Tartus, more than 46 miles (75 kilometers) and 75 miles, respectively, from the Shayrat air base that the US struck.
For example, China’s expanding naval role and maritime claims threaten to collide with US interests, including America’s traditional emphasis on freedom of the seas.
That was followed by a brazen attack on a naval base in Karachi, in which some very expensive equipment, including aircraft, was destroyed.
Incredibly, the European Union’s response to the drowning deaths in the Mediterranean has been to cut the budget for the naval response unit charged with monitoring refugee crossings and rescuing shipwreck survivors.
The fund has already spent more than €650 million ($835 million), for example, on modernizing Poland’s air, naval, and logistical bases.
Lambert demonstrates how, in a grand strategic gamble, Britain began to marry its military – and especially naval – predominance and its global financial leadership.
When Britain’s naval visionaries confronted a rival in the form of the Kaiser’s Germany, they understood how power could thrive on financial fragility.
In one of the film's many charged sequences, McNamara explains to a trigger-happy admiral that the naval blockade Kennedy had imposed on Cuba was primarily intended as a signal to Chairman Khrushchev of Kennedy’s resolve, not as a means to stop specific Soviet ships.
For coinciding with China’s recent naval exercises in the Yellow Sea, the Russian Armed Forces carried out part of its “Vostok 2010” drills (involving 1,500 troops) on Etorofu, the largest island among the Russian-occupied Northern Territories of Japan.
For example, Italian naval forces were instructed to avoid the waters off the coast of Tripoli, and Spanish tanker aircraft were forbidden to refuel fighter jets.
Although they have mostly been on land, operation “Atlanta” off the coast of Somalia saw the EU’s first naval operation.
The attack on the South Korean naval ship Cheonan earlier this year may be a grim sign of things to come.
After withdrawing its forces from Iraq, the US is considering using Kuwait as a new military hub to expand its military presence in the Persian Gulf region and foster a US-led “security architecture,” under which its air and naval patrols would be regionally integrated.
As China develops advanced precision weapons to create a so-called anti-access/area-denial capability, the US must consider how to respond to the growing vulnerability of its bases and naval forces in the region.
In its first episode, Ferguson appears amid the splendid monuments of China’s Ming Dynasty, which, in the fifteenth century, was undoubtedly the greatest civilization of the day, with its naval expeditions reaching the coasts of Africa.
Nowadays, the People’s Republic is increasingly challenging this view, having shifted its naval strategy from defending its territorial waters to guarding its Pacific frontier and securing its interests overseas.
Add to that the much-publicized launch of the Shi Lang aircraft carrier last year, plus several submarines, replenishment ships, and a sizeable fleet of stealthy missile boats, and it becomes clear that China’s naval aspirations will no longer be confined to its coastal waters.
Whereas no army can cross the plains of Mongolia or Manchuria, Chinese strategists believe that, until the country establishes itself as a dominant naval power, it will remain vulnerable to the gunboat diplomacy that it experienced in the past.
But what triggered the sudden acceleration in naval shipbuilding?
Despite Beijing’s improved relations with Taipei, Chinese strategists largely maintain that as long as the US remains the predominant power in the Western Pacific, China will not escape the threat of naval coercion.
The Western Pacific is thus poised to become the world’s new center of naval activity, with China and the US locked in a strategic tug of war.
China’s naval build-up is also a function of its growing overseas interests, which Chinese President Hu Jintao has publicly described as a priority for the armed forces.
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