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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.
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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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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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“Sea-lane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea-lane. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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