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In the Middle East, recent events serve as a reminder that only the United States has the ability to defend vital sea-lanes and coordinate a regional defense against Iranian attacks.—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2024 The stakes today involve not just control of undersea oil and gas reserves, fisheries, and commercial sea-lanes but also the viability of the troubled U.S.-Philippine alliance and even the global legal principle of freedom of the seas.—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
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