Starividis 
Feredarlsits  want navy Jefferson. Farming south1803 Sicily base to fight Ian told six frigates Chesapeake boarded 1807. 
South China Sea 4 bases West – Philippines sudicbay East Vietnam tamuran bay South Singapore North Taiwan 
Collab emergency relief, drugs, smuggling, medical, environment. 
Law of Sea 1984. Didn’t sign. Exclusive Economic (eez) zones 200 miles, territorial sea 12

Drugs money and violence. Root cause view. Stop undermining southern Gov 
Artic ocean. Temp higher air and water. Ice receding. 2040 open passage all year. 2050 ice gone. 15% of undiscovered oil. Temp rise surface and deep. Affecting currents, migration patterns. Salinity changing. 
Flags of convenience- register ship in loose countries, 1-2000. Honduras, panama, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Belize. Hard to sanction. 55% of all ships fly flags of C.

Illegal dumping. Stealing from all of us. Oil pollution. Spills. Offshore rigs, tankers, big under reported spills. Tankers biggest spill. Huge with small crew. Valdez not even in top 30 spills.  Routine spills run off, dumping at night, trash. 500 million gallons. This could be biggest threat. 
Chemical pollution. Silt fertilizers. Mercury. Human off spring. Plastic and garbage.

National approach to Sea. Need international coordination. Law of sea beginning and works. Use as base. 
Public and private on dumping, fishing and crew.

Adm. Thayer Mann power 3 axisProduction, shipping, alliances. Geography coast is frontier. Lots of coastline 133,000 km of coastline. Native population and character towards sea, tendency towards trade. 
Setl for cables.

Pragmatic for war. 1. Real politic. No religious norms or international norms 2. Che. All connected to each other. Observing changes and move when aligned. Surging downhill. Swiftly. 3.  Psychological and political. Create image of civilization of heaven. Sheer size. 4.  Victory thru incremental moves. Subtlety and 6 moved ahead. Surround opponent, not dominate centers. No force, compete for relevant advantage.  Force is last resort. Win without ever fighting.

Chapter 7South China SeaUS waning. We miss picture. They see us containing china. We see as welcoming them. China thinks we to isolate, divide, contain and sabotage china. Think we will never relinquish our power.  

China patient.  Steadily accrue advantage.  Geography, attention, economy. Cautious of force for next 10 years. Winning by accumulate advantage. 
23 out of 3 disputes used force. Only use against big guys. Domestic instability is when they fight.