Abstract For more than a decade there have been persistent reports that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) intends to acquire an aircraft carrier force…
Country or Region: China
Abstract This article examines the development of Sino-Philippine territorial disputes in the South China Sea during 1995-98. China’s occupation of Mischief Reef in 1995 was…
Summary Since the end of the Cold War, the new Chinese leadership generation has had to promulgate new guiding principles for handling global diplomacy which…
Abstract In September of 2012, China commissioned its first aircraft carrier, Liaoning, which showed both the significant strides made in Chinese shipbuilding and the limitations that…
Continue reading Scobell, Andrew, Michael McMahon, and Cortez A. Cooper III
Summary This book is one of a series of publications released by the Academy of Political Science on timely…
Summary The People’s Republic of China is the world’s most populous state and largest consumer of energy, having demonstrated momentous progress on an unprecedented scale.…
Continue reading Ping, Jonathan H., and Brett McCormick, eds
Abstract Among the numerous border and territorial disputes between China and its neighbors, the Paracel‐Spratly case is the most serious to date. Primarily, the dispute…
Summary The rise of India and China as two major economic and political actors in regional as well as global politics necessitates an analysis of…
Summary The U.S. and Western victory in the Cold War emerged from a strategy of national building and reconstruction that sought to create strong polities…
Summary Arguing that security relations between China and Southeast Asia are profoundly affected by disputes over maritime space and territory in the South China Sea,…
Abstract (1st paragraph of article) A classic power vacuum has suddenly developed in the South China Sea. Three of the great powers interested in free navigation…
Summary Since the Cold War ended, East Asia has become the global focus of unresolved strategic tensions among the great powers. These tensions focus on…
Abstract (1st Paragraph of article) A positive link between Chinese economic reform and security policy has been demonstrated in the augmented capability of the People’s…
Summary This updated and expanded 3rd edition of Chinese Foreign Policy seeks to explain the processes, actors and current history behind China’s international relations, as well as…
Summary Nationalism appears to be rising in a renascent Asia and stoking tensions, aspirations, and identity politics while amplifying grievances and raising questions about prospects…
