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In the burgeoning confrontation between the U.S. and China, America’s greatest ally often is Beijing. Its ever more aggressive and even confrontational behavior, leavened with insulting “Wolf Warrior” diplomacy, has turned many nations against the People’s Republic of China. America should arrange a world tour by President Xi Jinping and his top confederates. They would do the seemingly impossible: drive the entire world toward Washington.
Unfortunately, U.S. officials often commit similar mistakes. Hubris, hypocrisy, and sanctimony have long bedeviled American diplomacy. During the Cold War “The Ugly American” was both a book title and description of U.S. officials acting abroad.
UNCLOS, an American Ship and India s Maritime Boundary
The USS John Paul Jones being in India s EEZ would not normally have made news. So why did it?
File photo of USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53). Photo: US Navy/Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Earlier this month, the US announced that a warship of theirs, the
John Paul Jones had sailed 130 nautical miles west of the Lakshadweep islands, within Indiaâs Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) without Indiaâs prior consent.
This was what the US terms a Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOPS) aimed at challenging states like India who they say have gone beyond the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) to assert  âexcessiveâ maritime claims.
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US Softens Tone, Says Naval Op Routine , We Value India s Partnership US Softens Tone, Says Naval Op Routine , We Value India s Partnership The US values India s partnership on a wide range of issues, including regional security, a Department of Defense spokesperson has said.
The US Navy s 7th Fleet conducted the operation off the Lakshadweep coast last week.
New Delhi:
The United States has further toned down the discord over a naval operation carried out by that country within India s maritime exclusive economic zone (EEZ) last week. The exercise, which did not have India s permission, was conducted off the Lakshadweep coast and had rankled India which immediately registered its opposition via diplomatic channels.