Research Summaries

Back Strategic Engagement with Tier One Countries: Track II Strategic Dialogue

Fiscal Year 2014
Division Research & Sponsored Programs
Department Naval Research Program
Investigator(s) Malley, Michael S.
Sponsor NPS Naval Research Program (Navy)
Summary The principal purpose of this study is to identify opportunities for closer engagement between the Navy and its counterparts in Brazil, India, and Vietnam. Since 2009, the United States government has reached high-level agreements to deepen defense cooperation with each country. Yet these relationships are nascent ones, and further growth may be hampered by old misunderstandings or antagonisms. Naval engagement is a critical but underdeveloped element in defense cooperation with each of these partners. Effective naval engagement with each of these maritime powers depends on accurately identifying each new partner’s strategic interests and priorities in the maritime domain. This study will employ an approach known as a “Track II strategic dialogue” in order to identify these interests and priorities, and to clarify differences in the way each side perceives them. For instance, dialogues may address the type of cooperation that each prefers, political or fiscal constraints on certain forms of cooperation, and ways and means of assuring partners and deterring adversaries. In this phase, dialogues will be conducted with India and Vietnam, and preparations will be made for a similar event with Brazil.
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