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The challenge of imposing distant blockades is primarily one of information: there are thousands of ships transiting these sea-lanes every day, and no navy has enough ships to stop and search them all to find the ones of interest.—Stephen Peter Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025 In the Middle East, recent events serve as a reminder that only the United States has the ability to defend vital sea-lanes and coordinate a regional defense against Iranian attacks.—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2024 The stakes today involve not just control of undersea oil and gas reserves, fisheries, and commercial sea-lanes but also the viability of the troubled U.S.-Philippine alliance and even the global legal principle of freedom of the seas.—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
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