Navy into the Pacific Ocean with the 1835 creation of the East India Squadron. Before long, the desire to protect the nation’s maritime rights drew the U.S. It contributed to the outbreak of the War of 1812 fought against Britain.
That commitment drove the young United States to launch its first military forays abroad in two wars with the Barbary States. Few interests have been as consistent over the course of American history.
#China sea of roses free
leaders have seen maintenance of the free seas as vital to national prosperity and security for more than two centuries. interest at stake in the disputed waterway is the freedom of the seas and maritime law. Given Beijing’s campaign of militarization and coercion over the last decade, that is for the first time a real possibility, which makes it important to understand the stakes involved. And it suggests what would be lost should China compel the United States to abandon these longstanding interests. Reflecting on that history helps explain why Washington cares so much about a dispute over rocks and reefs half a world away. This article is adapted from On Dangerous Ground: America’s Century in the South China Sea by Gregory B. Poling (Oxford University Press, 336 pp. officials going back decades to highlight alliance credibility and defense of maritime law as the primary American interests in the South China Sea. In this, Austin was the latest in a long line of U.S. Even when not directly discussing the waterway, his remarks made references to “freedom of the seas,” “maritime-security cooperation,” “threats in the gray zone,” and so on. commitments, Austin returned to one issue more than any other: the South China Sea. commitment to a region “in which all countries-large and small-are free to thrive and to lawfully pursue their interests, free from coercion and intimidation.” He hailed the United States’ “unparalleled network of alliances and partnerships” as a “profound source of stability” in the Indo-Pacific. Austin, by contrast, focused on alliances, partnerships, and international rules as vital. Wei delivered a tin-eared address threatening Taiwan, warning the United States to stay out of the way, and dismissing the agency of third countries. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was officially the headliner, but the contrasting speeches by Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe drew the most attention. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin flew to Singapore in June to address the first in-person Shangri-La Dialogue since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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