SEA 21: Facilitating Global Maritime Partnerships

摘要

Distinguishing characteristics of Pacific Rim nations are their vast coastlines borderingimmense ocean space, creating unique challenges to and opportunities for maritime security.For naval forces and maritime communities at large, this geographic reality creates mutualimperatives for all of the delegates at the Pacific 2010 International Maritime Conference.Indeed, the key words are mutual and community, for none of the challenges confrontingPacific Rim states can be addressed adequately by one government alone, and no singlePacific. Rim nation can fully embrace the tremendous opportunities afforded by proximity tothe world's largest ocean.