The Militarization of Strategic Waterways: US- India War Games Contemplated. Aggressive “Signal to China”

The Militarization of Strategic Waterways: US- India War Games Contemplated. Aggressive “Signal to China”

“Whoever attains maritime supremacy in the Indian Ocean would be a prominent player on the international scene.”  (US Navy Geostrategist Rear Admiral Alfred Thayus Mahan (1840-1914)) Among Washington’s strategic objectives is the militarization of major seaways, extending from the Mediterranean to South Asia and the Far East, through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, The…

Pandemic and Hair Trigger Flash Points: an Explosive Situation

Pandemic and Hair Trigger Flash Points: an Explosive Situation

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues its deadly march around the world, a number of relatively dormant conflicts, as well as several well-known flash points, stand ready to place the world on the edge of a major armed conflict. History shows us that during times of stress – economic depression, religious strife, vacuums of political leadership,…

Washington’s Anti-Chinese “Pan-Asian Alliance”

Washington’s Anti-Chinese “Pan-Asian Alliance”

One of Washington’s reoccuring dreams is creating a “pan-Asian alliance” to encircle and contain China’s economic and political rise. Unable to do this through regime change, economic incentives, military alliances, or even coercion and terrorism, it has drawn deeper and deeper from its “soft power” toolkit. The US is also increasingly lumping its various regional…

Cold War Escapades in the Pacific

Cold War Escapades in the Pacific

First came the Defense Department’s formal request to Congress for a $20 billion check to upgrade its presence across the Pacific. That was last March. A month later the U.S. Navy sent three warships (and ever-faithful Australia one) to the waters off Malaysia because an unarmed Chinese vessel was conducting routine seismic surveys in an area thought to contain…

Deluded Britain Rows in Behind U.S. Gunboat Diplomacy on China

Deluded Britain Rows in Behind U.S. Gunboat Diplomacy on China

America’s trusty British lieutenant has weighed in to stoke tensions in the South China Sea with reports that Britain is to deploy its two new aircraft carriers to the Pacific region. The carrier strike groups which include frigates, destroyers and nuclear-powered submarines, are to join with U.S. and Japanese warships to conduct naval drills. Beijing…