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How China Shot Down Its Own A2/AD Lawfare Strategy ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Jonathan Odom)

Image credits- Wikimedia Commons Source- The National Interest Author- Jonathan Odom Last month, President Obama made political history by becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Arctic, where he discussed American interests in that region and the need for nations around the world to collectively address the challenges of climate change.  During that same week, another momentous event of a different sort occurred nearby:  five warships from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) transited through U.S. territorial seas off the coast of Alaska, near the Aleutian Islands.  Not all of the details have been confirmed, but this much is clear: these islands are naturally-formed features above water; they are the sovereign territory of the United States; China’s warships transited sovereign U.S. waters near these islands and China did not have U.S. permission or authorization to do so.  Taking these material facts together, this recent development begs the question:  What do