American thinkers tend to look at naval strategy as ocean-centric. The seas that matter most are the ones that must be kept open to ensure sea lines of communication: the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the South China Sea, and the Straits of Malacca. Inland seas receive much less attention. The northeast corner of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea have relatively little impact on global sea lines of communication, but they could have an important military-strategic role to play. The Caspian and to a lesser extent the Black Sea could serve as impenetrable strategic bastions for …read more
Source: The American Interest
