Randy Forbes: “I believe we will increasingly lean on our seapower and projection forces to underpin our national security strategy.”

In the coming decades, this is the region where the largest armies in the world will camp.

I think reasonable people can have different views on it. My perspective is that the benefits of the Law of the Sea Convention do outweigh any sort of perceived risks.

This country, this committee, this Congress needs to move back to strategic thinking where we have a comprehensive strategic plan.

I do not see it as inevitable that we will have a confrontation with China in the South China Sea if we have the correct strategy to avoid such confrontation and potential conflict.