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jrmgyesterday at 2:26 AM3 repliesview on HN

Freedom of navigation is a core global principal

Like not attacking civilian infrastructure?


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JumpCrisscrossyesterday at 2:28 AM

> Like not attacking civilian infrastructure?

No. I'd actually say freedom of navigation [1] is almost the definition of a Pax. It's precedented across millenia in a way prohibitions on total war are not.

Let me be clear, prohibitions on total war are good. But they're also a new concept and one clearly the world's powers don't agree on to one iota. Freedom of navigation, on the other hand, benefits everyone but autarkies, and has for, again, millenia.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_navigation

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