We will explore how sea power influences the actions of nations.

Create a 260-270 word response that addresses the following points:

• Why is sea power an important element of the great power competition?
• Identify a current example of the great power competition that poses a challenge to U.S. interests and the motivation behind each actor’s behavior.
• Explain the influence that sea power could have on the example you have identified.

-Attach turn it in report

-References:

– McDonald et al., International Relations. 

• Module 7.2: The Evolution of Warfare
• Module 9.2: Empirical Implications: The Origins of World War I
• Module 9.3: Empirical Implications: The Origins of World War II
• Module 20.1: Polarity
• Module 20.5: Great Power Politics: US-China Relations

– A. T. Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 (1890; Project Gutenberg, 2004), https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13529.

– Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, “Admiral James Stavridis: Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans,” YouTube video, 28:25, June 8, 2017, https://youtu.be/BiAVRi6Q2X0.