War Or Peace In The South China Sea

Author : Timo Kivimäki
Publisher : NIAS Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 8791114012

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War Or Peace in the South China Sea? by Timo Kivimäki Pdf

Not only is the South China Sea of strategic importance; it is also rich in oil and other natural resources. As such, it is the subject of overlapping territorial disputes between several East and Southeast Asian countries as well as the scene of military tensions and potentially dangerous conflicts. But disputes over the South China Sea are much more complex than simply issues of military security. Environmental values, economic security and political developments are also involved. Spanning the full complexity of the situation, this volume: * covers its historical and legal background * analyses its environmental, economic, military and political dimensions * assesses the potential for containing and resolving disputes as well as transforming the structures of conflict in the region.

Author : Bryan J Dickerson
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1650241364

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War and Peace in the South China Sea by Bryan J Dickerson Pdf

The South China Sea is one of the most economically valuable regions of the world. The region holds the potential for tremendous oil and natural gas development. The waters provide a major source of food for the peoples of several neighboring countries. A major portion of the world's seaborne commerce utilizes the sea lanes which connect East Asia with the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Europe cross through the South China Sea. Economic competition is only part of the conflict equation. The Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Communist China all have conflicting claims to a number of the various geographical features in the South China Sea. Possession of these features (reefs, rocks and small islands) have major economic, military and political ramifications. In the last three decades, Communist China has been aggressively asserting its maritime claims to many of these features, actively building artificial land features and militarizing them as well. The United States has been at the forefront of international efforts to counter Communist China's assertions and in particular, the U.S. Navy has been very active in the South China Sea since the Obama Administration. Confrontation is nothing new to the South China Sea, especially since the end of the 19th Century. The fleets of various world and regional powers have operated in these waters. Confrontation evolved into armed conflict during World War Two and again during the Vietnam War. This book offers a chronological summary of military, naval, and political events occurring in this contested region since the mid-19th Century, with a particular focus on the last twenty years.

Author : Anisa Heritage,Pak K. Lee
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030348076

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Order, Contestation and Ontological Security-Seeking in the South China Sea by Anisa Heritage,Pak K. Lee Pdf

This book examines the South China Sea territorial disputes from the perspective of international order. The authors argue that both China and the US are attempting to impose their respective preferred orders to the region and that the observed disputes are due to the clash of two competing order-building projects. Ordering the maritime space is essential for these two countries to validate their national identities and to achieve ontological security. Because both are ontological security-seeking states, this imperative gives them little room for striking a grand bargain between them. The book focuses on how China and the US engage in practices and discourses that build, contest, and legitimise the two major ordering projects they promote in the region. It concludes that China must act in its legitimation strategy in accordance with contemporary publicly accepted norms and rules to create a legitimate maritime order, while the US should support ASEAN in devising a multilateral resolution of the disputes.

Author : Daniel Serwer,Carla Freeman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 154470030X

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The South China Sea: Maintaining Peace, Preventing War by Daniel Serwer,Carla Freeman Pdf

A review of the issues concerning the South China Sea

Author : Jean-Pierre Cabestan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538169902

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Facing China by Jean-Pierre Cabestan Pdf

Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a China specialist based in Hong Kong, provides an overview of “Thucydides’ Trap,” as coined by political scientist Graham Allison to describe the inescapable conflict between Beijing and Washington. Is China’s growing power a threat to the United States? Could it lead to war between the two nations? Economically and militarily stronger, and more nationalist than ever, the People’s Republic of China is increasingly tempted to use force to assert its power, especially in its immediate region. First, the author considers the factors around the threat of war, specifically on the Chinese side, then presents the three most likely armed conflict scenarios: around Taiwan; in the South China Sea; or in the Senkaku Islands under Japanese control. Cabestan also analyses the tensions between China and India along their common borders, which were revived in 2020. But the most likely scenario, according to Cabestan, would be a rapid, piecemeal attack, aimed at tearing borders apart or defending vested interests – not to mention increased cyber warfare. It could also manifest itself as the emergence of a new type of cold war, punctuated by crises bordering on either a nuclear strike or the use of new weapons. U.S.-Chinese tensions and the many potential fronts on which they could elevate are a conflict-in-waiting which will weigh on the 21st century and dominate international life as China seeks to become entrenched as a dominant world power.

Author : Clarence J. Bouchat
Publisher : Department of the Army
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : UCSD:31822041172354

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The Paracel Islands and U.S. Interests and Approaches in the South China Sea by Clarence J. Bouchat Pdf

The Paracel Islands and South China Sea disputes require better understanding by U.S. policymakers in order to address the regions challenges. To attain that needed understanding, legal aspects of customary and modern laws are explored in this monograph to analyze the differences between competing maritime and territorial claims, and why and how China and Vietnam stake rival claims or maritime legal rights. Throughout, U.S. policies are examined through U.S. conflicted interests in the region. Recommendations for how the United States should engage these issues, a more appropriate task than trying to solve the disputes outright, are then offered.

Author : C. J. Jenner,Tran Truong Thuy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107081420

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The South China Sea by C. J. Jenner,Tran Truong Thuy Pdf

The South China Sea has long been a source of conflict and represents a core contemporary security issue in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. This book offers an empirical analysis of the global ocean's most contested maritime territory, the South China Sea and its agents of contest.

Author : Houlden, Gordon,Romaniuk, Scott
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529213461

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Security, Strategy, and Military Dynamics in the South China Sea by Houlden, Gordon,Romaniuk, Scott Pdf

This volume brings together international experts to provide fresh perspectives on geopolitical concerns in the South China Sea. The book considers the interests and security strategies of each of the nations with a claim to ownership and jurisdiction in the Sea. Examining contexts including the region’s natural resources and China’s behaviour, the book also assesses the motivations and approaches of other states in Asia and further afield. This is an accessible, even-handed and comprehensive examination of current and future rivalries and challenges in one of the most strategically important and militarized maritime regions of the world.

Author : Arabinda Acharya,Antara Desai
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781800610354

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South China Sea Developments And Implications For Freedom Of Navigation by Arabinda Acharya,Antara Desai Pdf

The South China Sea (SCS) has emerged as a theatre of political, economic, and security concerns not only for the countries in the region but also for the world at large. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the SCS issue is not about contestation over territory or control over resources alone. With military facilities including airstrips and artificial islands or structures being built in the area, concerns about freedom of navigation and the right to innocent passage have also become an overwhelming security issue and made the SCS region a flashpoint which, according to many assessments, can lead to confrontations including those involving conventional military means. Disruption of maritime passage could also hamper trade and commerce with very negative impacts on the economic development of the region and other countries. It is now being held that China could also be using the SCS disputes as part of a consorted effort to deflect geo-political pressures on account of the COVID-19 pandemic-related cover-ups and misinformation.This book explores the historical and strategic context of the South China Sea disputes and makes an assessment of the implications of the same for freedom of navigation and other regimes at sea.

Author : J. Huang,A. Billo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137463685

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Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea by J. Huang,A. Billo Pdf

Heightened tensions in the South China Sea have raised serious concerns about the dangers of conflict in this region as a result of unresolved, complex territorial disputes. This volume offers detailed insights into a range of country-perspectives, addressing the historical, legal, structural, regional and multilateral dimensions of these disputes

Author : Tsu-sung Hsieh
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789813234901

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South China Sea Disputes, The: Historical, Geopolitical And Legal Studies by Tsu-sung Hsieh Pdf

The South China Sea Disputes: Historical, Geopolitical and Legal Studies covers various issues regarding the currently controversial theme of the South China Sea (SCS) disputes. It contains insights by scholars mostly from Republic of China (Taiwan), along with ones from Peoples' Republic of China (mainland China), the Philippines, Australia, and the United States (US).The book is divided into three sections, wherein the historical analysis section illustrates certain important but currently neglected treaties for SCS, e.g., the San Francisco Peace Treaty, the Taipei Treaty, and the Cairo Declaration. In particular, the Nationalist government's efforts to recover the Chinese sovereignty in the islands of SCS after the end of World War II are covered. Archival research found in the national archives of the Taiwan, the United Kingdom, the US, and Japan, revealing materials with potential for enhancing territorial and sovereignty claims is covered. In addition, the US State Department historical materials on the SCS disputes are also shown.The geopolitical analysis section in the book specifically addresses the state practice in SCS by Taiwan. It also reveals Taiwan's evolving attitudes from thoughtful planning to perfunctory policy thereof. The circumstances of US-China rivalry in the SCS are also discussed.The legal analysis section includes an explanation of the arbitral award of the SCS, wherein it argues that this arbitration is a non-justiciable dispute resolution. This book serves as a good reference for readers interested in South China Sea disputes.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Balance of power
ISBN : UCSD:31822023692783

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The South China Sea Dispute : Prospects for Preventive Diplomacy by Anonim Pdf

Author : U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-18
Category : Security, International
ISBN : 1492991791

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China's Maritime Disputes in the East and South China Seas by U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Pdf

Today's hearing will cover China's maritime disputes in the East and South China Seas. We'll examine the security, political, legal, and economic drivers of these disputes in our three panels today. The first panel will begin by discussing the broad security situation on the high seas. As China's maritime forces have become more capable over the past decade, Beijing has become more confident in its ability to assert its claims in the disputed areas. Beyond China's "hard" security concerns, however, other domestic, political, and legal elements shape China's policy in the East and South China Seas. Our second panel will consider popular nationalism as one of these elements. It has become a key driver of Chinese foreign policy as personality politics in Beijing has given way to a collective leadership seeking Party legitimacy. We'll conclude with a panel on how resources and economic drivers shape China's maritime disputes. Security of China's near seas is critical to the unimpeded flow of trade and imported energy resources. Though the natural resources in the East and South China Sea undoubtedly shape the security landscape, there appears to be a debate on the centrality of oil and gas resources to the dispute.

Author : Tran (Truong Thuy.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:862221791

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The South China Sea by Tran (Truong Thuy.) Pdf

Author : Jonathan Spangler,Dean Karalekas,Moises Lopes de Souza
Publisher : Springer
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319628288

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Enterprises, Localities, People, and Policy in the South China Sea by Jonathan Spangler,Dean Karalekas,Moises Lopes de Souza Pdf

This volume takes readers beneath the surface of the South China Sea by exploring critical but under-researched issues related to the maritime territorial disputes. It draws attention to the importance of private sector, civil society, and subnational actors’ roles in the disputes and sheds light on key policy issues that are addressed less often in the literature. By going beyond mainstream analyses focused solely on issues of traditional security, resource economics, and international law, it offers a fresh and engaging look at the South China Sea disputes. The book is divided into five parts – historical foundations, enterprises, localities, people, and policy – and its chapters investigate historiography in the region, the global defense industry’s role as beneficiary of the disputes, tourism as a territorial strategy, the roles of provinces and local governments, disaster management, confidence-building measures, environmental and science diplomacy, and other topics seldom discussed in other analyses of the South China Sea disputes. The book’s diverse content and fresh perspectives make it an essential read not only for policymakers and those in the international relations community but also for all others interested in gaining a more well-rounded understanding of the many issues at stake in the South China Sea maritime territorial disputes.