Opinions
Are Continental Powers Capable of Challenging Supremacy at Sea?
China has a trump card, which none of its predecessors had in conflicts with the ruling power at sea: the PRC has removed the threat of a major land war with another continental power, which allows it to allocate for the preparation and conduct of war on sea a much larger share of military resources than the Russian Empire, second and third Reich, and the Soviet Union could afford, Ilya Kramnik writes.