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The U.S. cannot afford to be blindsided by any future incidents and dangers posed by China’s maritime ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region.

Host Bill Hamblet sits down with guests Hunter Stires and Dr. James Holmes to discuss The Maritime COIN Project, featured in the latest issue of Proceedings.

Hunter Stires lined up a group of experts to expand on the idea of maritime counterinsurgency in the South China Sea.

Since the 1992 departure of U.S. forces from bases in the Philippines, Chinese encroachment and provocations in the South China Sea have increased continuously. The lack of U.S. strategic attention and sustained naval presence has opened a maritime governance vacancy that the Chinese Communist Party and its military have gradually filled. Left unchecked, the situation imperils U.S. alliances and trade that have undergirded decades of American prosperity and security.

Happy New Year! Well, let’s hope 2021 will be happier and healthier than 2020. The start of vaccinations against COVID-19 certainly gives reason for hope. We begin this year with our annual focus on the surface navy, timed to coincide with the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium (11–14 January). We are proud to offer free open access to the January and February issues of Proceedings, plus our entire digital archive and member-level discounts on books, to SNA members for the next two months.  Our surface navy coverage features a number of powerful articles this month. In “Unl...