Four Ways US Naval Forces Should Be More Assertive
Non-aggressive assertiveness can achieve long-term advantages and have strategic effects. February 25, 2021
Some national-security experts may be wary of America’s new maritime-forces strategy, which calls for more assertiveness in day-to-day operations that relate to competition with other powers. This concern is understandable. But when forward-deployed forces are assertive without being aggressive, interaction between rivals need not lead to escalation. And these actions can achieve long-term advantages and have strategic effects.
This case is made at greater length in Advantage at Sea: Prevailing with Integrated All-Domain Naval Power, the tri-service strategy document recently released by the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. While much of China’s malign behavior short of war includes weaponizing social media and infiltrating global supply chains, forward-deployed naval forces have their own p
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Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe in December published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal expounding on the threat China poses to not just the United States, but also the world.
While Ratcliffe explained that intelligence indicates that China “intends to dominate [the world] economically, militarily and technologically,” his piece focused on China’s underhanded economic and technological activity.
Although these aspects are vital for U.S. policymakers and the defense industry to understand, China’s open commitment to a military buildup cannot be understated. Policymakers and the defense industry must be acutely aware of China’s naval expansion and maritime activities if the United States is to maintain its global leadership position.
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As the new Biden Administration takes the helm in January 2021, there are great expectations for the next year in terms of consistency and stability at the federal level. Generally, industry can expect the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to stay true to its core missions with support from the highest levels of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), its parent agency. In this article,
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