‘The most accurate measure of our national capacity has always been sea power’

‘The most accurate measure of our national capacity has always been sea power’

‘The tragic decline of the American Navy’Robert D. Kaplan at The New York TimesThe U.S. Navy is “in decline relative to its own history and to the growth of the Chinese Navy, and has surrendered the control of the world’s vital choke points,” says Robert D. Kaplan. If the Navy “doesn’t grow significantly in size, the outcome could be disastrous for the whole world,” as “free trade, global capital flows and migration — the root of America’s world…