The Next Maritime Strategy
By My hopes for the updated Maritime Strategy:
Chatter suggests that the U.S. Navy will soon release an update to the Cooperative Strategy for 21stCentury Seapower. The Cooperative Strategy envisioned the maritime commons as a space for collective action, in which productive rules of the road could lead to partnerships that could help every player win. The Cooperative Strategy made provision for “bad” actors, but at its heart sought to include and acclimate, rather than isolate.
Thus, the strategy was, in some sense, dependent on the willingness of the world’s major navies to agree on several critical areas, including the reality of U.S. maritime leadership