Often these incidents occur in the Black Sea which Moscow sometimes regards as its own lake; a view with which other states on its shores – some of them Nato members, or aspiring Nato members – disagree.

Such incidents between the US and Russia are less frequent in Asian-Pacific waters, where the tensions tend to be between US and Chinese ships or aircraft. But wherever it occurs naval brinkmanship of this kind is dangerous and unnecessary.

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