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Top Stories 2020: U.S. Navy Operations
December 23, 2020 11:31 AM
Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Oliver Aguirre Torres, from Bloomington, Calif., left, mans the rails as the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) arrives at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., on July 9, 2020. US Navy Photo
This post is part of a series of stories looking back at the top naval news from 2020.
As the U.S. continues to recalculate its strategy to counter Russia and China, naval operations this year focused on maintaining a presence in multiple theaters during a global pandemic.
While the Navy continued its sustained carrier presence in the Middle East, the service also conducted operations and exercises throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
Joe Biden to continue Donald Trump’s US-China policy
December 20, 2020
US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to tow the line of incumbent President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in Asia, which stands against perceived Chinese expansionist designs in the region, reports say.
Biden’s nomination of Jake Sullivan for National Security Adviser, has reinforced the speculations that his policy on China and Taiwan would tow Trump’s line, the Asia Times reports on Saturday.
Sullivan had called for the intensification of Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) against China in the South China Sea (SCS), marking a potential escalation of Trump’s policy .
Biden to continue Trump’s US-China policy
Published 20 December 2020
US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to tow the line of incumbent President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in Asia, which stands against perceived Chinese expansionist designs in the region, reports say.
Biden’s nomination of Jake Sullivan for National Security Adviser, has reinforced the speculations that his policy on China and Taiwan would tow Trump’s line, the Asia Times reports on Saturday.
Sullivan had called for the intensification of Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) against China in the South China Sea (SCS), marking a potential escalation of Trump’s policy .
Biden to escalate Trump s policy to thwart Chinese expansionist designs ANI | Updated: Dec 19, 2020 15:05 IST
Beijing [China], December 19 (ANI): Putting an end to all speculations and rumours over the US policy on China and Taiwan, President-elect Joe Biden signalled that it will follow Trump s policy in the region.
The incoming Biden administration recently inducted Jake Sullivan as the new National Security Adviser, called for the intensification of Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) against China in the South China Sea (SCS), marking a potential escalation of Trump s policy to thwart Chinese expansionist designs in the region, reported Asia Times. We should be devoting more assets and resources to ensuring and reinforcing, and holding up alongside our partners, the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, said Sullivan.
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