The United States (U.S.) government has no greater role in today’s world than to provide strong leadership to the global community and to ensure that we safeguard our national and strategic interests from physical and economic encroachment and provide unfretted protection to our U.S. citizens in an uncertain and unpredictable world. America’s prosperity as a nation remains unapparelled in the world history and our leadership within the international community serves as an exemplar for all states to follow.
The national security of the U.S. is of paramount concern to our nation’s leadership and its citizenry. We are currently facing one of the greatest challenges to our economic well-being as a nation and a leader in the free world today. We …show more content…
will not stand idly by and watch as nations unnecessarily use military force or unrestrained economic coercion as instruments to control contested areas or areas of territorial dispute. The first choice of any government is to use diplomacy to try and avoid an altercation or conflict at all costs. If the act of diplomacy is not sufficient or does not meet the strategic goals and objectives of the U.S. and its territories, we may as a last resort have to use limited armed force. In as such, the U.S. maintains a strong and agile force in readiness to guard the sole interests of the U.S. and its allies to meet any threat to vital U.S. interests and strategic objectives. Reluctantly, due to our nation 's needs, it is essential that we focus more strategically, which may cause some countries concern as we slowly change direction from being the world’s preeminent guardian for states in …show more content…
is closely watching China’s ongoing relationship with Eritrea and Saudi Arabia, which annexed the worn-torn nation of Yemen in 2018, after a three-year war with the Iranian-supported Houthi forces. U.S. naval forces became involved in the conflict after repeated attacks on maritime shipping and U.S. naval assets in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The threat to the freedom of navigation transiting through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to reach the Suez Canal was the main catalyst for conflict in the year 2018, and it remains highly volatile today. The relationship with China, Eritrea, and Saudi Arabia have many strategic implications for the U.S. as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is a critical maritime waterway where the freedom of navigation is essential for U.S. trade and transit of U.S. Naval vessels supporting vital interests in the Mediterranean Sea. The U.S. will continue to be the vanguard for freedom of navigation and will use its diplomatic and military resources to their fullest to ensure that all nations can transit through international waters and airspace uninhabited and
The national security of the U.S. is of paramount concern to our nation’s leadership and its citizenry. We are currently facing one of the greatest challenges to our economic well-being as a nation and a leader in the free world today. We …show more content…
will not stand idly by and watch as nations unnecessarily use military force or unrestrained economic coercion as instruments to control contested areas or areas of territorial dispute. The first choice of any government is to use diplomacy to try and avoid an altercation or conflict at all costs. If the act of diplomacy is not sufficient or does not meet the strategic goals and objectives of the U.S. and its territories, we may as a last resort have to use limited armed force. In as such, the U.S. maintains a strong and agile force in readiness to guard the sole interests of the U.S. and its allies to meet any threat to vital U.S. interests and strategic objectives. Reluctantly, due to our nation 's needs, it is essential that we focus more strategically, which may cause some countries concern as we slowly change direction from being the world’s preeminent guardian for states in …show more content…
is closely watching China’s ongoing relationship with Eritrea and Saudi Arabia, which annexed the worn-torn nation of Yemen in 2018, after a three-year war with the Iranian-supported Houthi forces. U.S. naval forces became involved in the conflict after repeated attacks on maritime shipping and U.S. naval assets in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The threat to the freedom of navigation transiting through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to reach the Suez Canal was the main catalyst for conflict in the year 2018, and it remains highly volatile today. The relationship with China, Eritrea, and Saudi Arabia have many strategic implications for the U.S. as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is a critical maritime waterway where the freedom of navigation is essential for U.S. trade and transit of U.S. Naval vessels supporting vital interests in the Mediterranean Sea. The U.S. will continue to be the vanguard for freedom of navigation and will use its diplomatic and military resources to their fullest to ensure that all nations can transit through international waters and airspace uninhabited and