Abstract China’s maritime development having come up against pressures and challenges in recent years, the concept of “strategic hedging”—that is, pursuit of and investment in…
Country or Region: China
Abstract This paper builds on the work carried out by OEAS in China, which established the framework of ocean economy accounting in China. It also…
Summary How could the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) not only survive but even thrive, regaining the support of many Chinese citizens after the Tiananmen Square…
Abstract The Chinese annual fishing ban in the northwestern area of the South China Sea has been a cause for tension between Vietnam and China…
Abstract 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…
Abstract This article examines the impact of the UN Law of the Sea Convention on conflict behavior and management in the South China Sea during…
Abstract In fact, the senkaku/diaoyu Island issue has been a persistent and caustic irritant in relations between Japan and the People’s republic of China, particularly…
Abstract In his classic collection of essays on maritime geography The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future, Alfred Thayer Mahan opined that…
Summary The Next Great War? combines reinterpretations of history, applications of international relations theory, and discussions of the lessons that the outbreak of war in 1914…
Abstract Wedge strategy, a policy of preventing or dividing an adversary coalition, has been attracting increasing scholarly attention. In particular, Timothy Crawford has articulated the…
Abstract In comparison with other major powers, relatively little has been written about the modern capabilities of the Chinese intelligence agencies. The public consciousness of…
Abstract Beijing cultivates an image of a status quo power. But it has not yet fulfilled its ambitions, and there are indications that the easy…
Abstract This paper engages the ongoing soft balancing debate by suggesting a new analytical framework for states’ countervailing strategies—a negative balancing model—to explain why states…
Abstract In 1978, China’s leaders made the fateful decision to abandon Mao Zedong’s failed and futile quest for a uniquely Chinese development strategy in favour…
Abstract There are increasing signs that the United States and China are on a collision course. Some scholars see this course as following the historical…
