The 2025 US National Security Strategy (NSS) asserts that America must prevent China from establishing “tolls” in the South China Sea to preserve the freedom of navigation. Half a year later, practically the entire national security establishment is fixated on the issue of maritime “tolls” — those Iran seeks to impose in the Strait of […]
Author Archives: Lyle Goldstein
Lyle Goldstein is the director of Asia engagement at Defense Priorities and a visiting professor at the Watson Institute of Brown University. Follow him on Twitter @lylegoldstein.
