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Island chain strategy (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

The primary target of the doctrine was originally the biggest communist country, the Soviet Union. However, additional targets also included the other communist countries like the China, Laos, Vietnam, and North Korea. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and China's economic prominence in the early 21st century, China became the major target of the doctrine.[citation needed]

The island chain strategy is a strategic maritime containment plan first conceived by American foreign policy statesman John Foster Dulles in 1951, during the Korean War. It proposed surrounding the Soviet Union and China with naval bases in the West Pacific to project power and restrict sea access.