Maritime power strategy depends on negative objectives (preventing things from happening) rather than positive objectives (making things happen), which makes maritime successes invisible—if the navy prevents trade destruction and territorial expansion, it appears nothing happened rather than a strategic victory occurring.
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Sarah PaineEvidence Quote
“negative objective is about preventing something from happening so if you prevent something from happening who knows whether anything was even happening right”
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The Geopolitics and History of Continental and Maritime Power - S.C.M. Paine— Asia Media אסיה בעבריתCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:53:21 PM
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