The U.S. Navy and the Expansion of Global Commerce

Some reading debating the relationship between the two: 

- https://www.fpri.org/article/2010/09/defending-u-s-maritime-commerce-in-peacetime-from-1794-to-today/

- https://defense360.csis.org/bad-idea-assuming-trade-depends-on-the-navy/

- https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/sea-power-us-navy-and-foreign-policy

- https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/11/04/to-expand-the-navy-isnt-enough-we-need-a-bigger-commercial-fleet/

- https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/overstretched-can-us-navy-protect-commerce-iran-191294