Asian Governments Need To Establish More Hotlines

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEg1UVJNDPLx6oEre908VCkqtLp9US1mNPTWfEfRVmi06pjtx8_w8Bgoi9K0sD8RPq-NpRiSfvRs1eGMyRHn4ItK1SRpmWeGI7SOFoXmxKT8lmH6mBr3p5w-cy5KQYnzrj8frWeHM6FzZ/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEg1UVJNDPLx6oEre908VCkqtLp9US1mNPTWfEfRVmi06pjtx8_w8Bgoi9K0sD8RPq-NpRiSfvRs1eGMyRHn4ItK1SRpmWeGI7SOFoXmxKT8lmH6mBr3p5w-cy5KQYnzrj8frWeHM6FzZ/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Click on Image to Enlarge)</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Make Asian Hotlines A Regional Diplomatic Priority -- Next Navy</b></span></div><br />The U.S. Navy’s desire for a direct Navy-to-Navy Hotline with China is not new, and has been articulated every few years to little or no effect.<br /><br />If direct Navy-to-Navy Hotlines between operational commanders have the potential to be important in Asian crisis management, then the U.S. Navy must start leading an effort to 1) make bilateral Hotlines more ubiquitous in the region than they are today and 2) demonstrate their utility by publicly using the existing Hotlines more often.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://nextnavy.com/make-asian-hotlines-a-regional-diplomatic-priority/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment</b>: I am surprised that the U.S. does not have a hotline to South Korea or France. It also appears that no one wants to have a link to Iran. Also .... no Japan - China hotline link.

Asian Governments Need To Establish More Hotlines

(Click on Image to Enlarge) Make Asian Hotlines A Regional Diplomatic Priority -- Next Navy The U.S. Navy’s desire for a direct Navy-to-Navy...

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