A few miles off the coast of the far northeast corner of the continental United States is a disputed international boundary and a “gray zone” of water over which the United States and a peer nation have competing claims of sovereignty. These waters offer a warning regarding the effectiveness of the military’s current “culture of presence.”
Often viewed as areas of competition short of conflict, such gray zones actually are likely flashpoints, and restricting U.S. operations in these disputed areas to showing presence is an untenable practice. It has fostered a dangerous culture within U.S. naval forces, who increasingly confuse presence with action. Such a culture gives the advantage to belligerent nations and nonstate actors and must be rooted out of strategic visions and policies in favor of a “culture of aggressive nonviolence,” meaning one enabled to seize, burn, and sink with due care for the preservation of life.
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“The activities of private companies cannot be attributed to the Federal Republic of Germany and have no international consequences,” said the spokesperson Argentina said Lufthansa asked for permission for two flights that are due to carry scientists from Hamburg to Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falklands Argentina said the German government also asked for its permission for the Polarstern research ship to dock in Puerto Argentino (Port Stanley)
Germany said that its position on the Falkland Islands dispute has not changed, following claims by Argentina that Lufthansa s request for two flights to the Islands, in support of a polar research expedition, implied recognition of the archipelago as Argentine territory.