The reinforcement of strategic partnerships enforcing the freedom of the seas and the peaceful resolution of territorial and maritime disputes by international law sets the foundation for success in the South Pacific.
President Putin made three foundational assumptions in launching his war against Ukraine that should have been correct but were not. First, Putin assumed the invasion of Ukraine would be a quick and easy fight. Second, he assumed the world would denounce the invasion but tacitly allow it. Third, Putin assumed the war would deter NATO expansion.
