Discussion 2, The South China Sea Crisis: An American Response
This discussion is designed to help you better apply military theory to a present-day scenario. In doing so you will better be able to build off of your knowledge of military theory as well as your growing knowledge of how that applies in the current day. You are also carrying forward the scenario used in Lesson 1, Discussion 1 to better understand the material.
Submit an initial post of approximately 250 words,For your initial post, submit one paragraph (including references) that discusses:
SCENARIO
In the Spratly Island grouping, 92 of approximately 150 land features have remained unoccupied — until now. In waters claimed by the PRC, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines, six Chinese fishermen have just drowned after their vessel was sunk by the Vietnamese Coast Guard. The PRC has responded by landing marines on some of the previously unoccupied features in the vicinity. Vietnam has reacted in kind, occupying six additional features. Taiwan and the Philippines do not want to be left behind and are planning to grab some new islets as well. All the claimants are suspicious of one another, but Sino-Vietnamese relations are particularly tense, and intelligence reports have estimated with high confidence that an armed clash is likely to occur within the next month.
QUESTION
Referring to at least 1 military theorist,*( I would Like to use MAHAN if possible) develop an American response to the scenario.
Do not use the IR perspectives that we talked about in Lesson 1 REALISM, LIBERALISM, CONSTRUCTIVISM