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- Title
The Seaborne Security Force: The United States Navy, Countering China in the South China Sea, and an Innovative Solution for Global Naval Security.
- Authors
Cunningham, Alan
- Abstract
The tensions between the Taiwanese and Chinese governments have been increasing in recent months, with many national security experts and academics finding a conflict in the South China Sea likely in 2023. China's naval forces are the largest in the world and this is perhaps their greatest strength, while Taiwan's navy remains dwarfed by their greatest adversary. While a conflict in the South China Sea would not be easy and U.S. support would surely assist Taiwan, creating a security force assistance (SFA) unit staffed by U.S. Naval officers to focus on teaching, training, and providing assistance to the Taiwanese Navy could prove beneficial in countering the Chinese military. By providing expert intelligence, military strategy advice on naval operations, and training Taiwanese officers in naval combat tactics, such a unit could be able to benefit not only Taiwan, but other allied nations with an interest in a non-China dominated South China Sea (e.g., Australia, Japan, South Korea).
- Subjects
TAIWAN; NATIONAL security; CIVIL defense
- Publication
Towson University Journal of International Affairs, 2023, Vol 57, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
1530-1656
- Publication type
Article