简介:The‘FreedomofNavigation'issuehasbeenvolatileandofteninfluencedbySino-USrelationsinrecentyears.ThisproblemwasrootedindifferentinterpretationoftheUNCLOSbyChinaandtheUS.IthasalsoreflectedtheirdifferentnationalInterestsandmaritimestrategies.Thisissuehascausedfrequentfrictionsbetweenthetwosidesandmayleadtotheirfuturecontestforseapower.Atthesametime,italsourgesthebothsidestosetupnewmechanismforconfidencebuildingthatmayhelpthemtomanageitinamorerationalway.
简介:WhentheU.S.militarybrassassertedinmid-2014thattheproposeddefensecutbackswereunacceptable,theysignaledtheObamaadministrationthattheywouldnotrolloverandplaydeadwhilemilitaryspendingwascutbybillionsofdollarsinthecoming10years.Theterms"sequestration"and"OCO"wereusedrepeatedlyintheirspeechesand