Summary With particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines the rise and fall of sea powers. In the Asia-Pacific region there has been…
Topic: Maritime Security
Summary This book aims to redefine maritime diplomacy for the modern era. Maritime diplomacy encompasses a spectrum of activities, from co-operative measures such as port…
Abstract Established military organizations, such as the U.S. military services, have many things – revered service traditions, stable bureaucratic structures, standard operating procedures, and of…
Abstract The emergence of transnational non-state threats, America’s ongoing war on terror, and the increasing globalization of the world’s economy all affect the security and…
Abstract As globalization accelerates, U.S. foreign policy makers have become less convinced of the influence geopolitics and power politics have on international affairs. They now…
Abstract As trade-driven growth and prosperity redefine both the Chinese economy and the global competitive landscape, U.S. policy makers increasingly must ponder whether the Chinese…
Abstract Energy security has prompted China to turn its strategic gaze to the seas for the first time in six centuries. For now, Taiwan remains…
Abstract The rapid rise of Chinese economic and military power has produced the most fundamental change in the global system since the end of the…
Abstract We compare the rise of Chinese seapower today to the rise of Imperial German seapower a century ago. The comparison is worthwhile for two…
Abstract This article examines the assumptions that lead China alarmists to dismiss America’s ability to impose a distant blockade as an inadequate counter to Chinese…
Abstract Years of strategic missteps in oceans policy, naval strategy and a force structure in decline set the stage for U.S. defeat at sea in…
Abstract Among China’s unresolved frontier questions, the South China Sea has become the most complex and troubled, and arguably the most significant and disconcerting. The…
Abstract Over the last fifteen years, the steady rise of China’s naval capabilities has received a level of attention unmatched since the Soviet navy’s expansion…
Abstract The end of Great Britain’s standing as a superpower conjures up a frightening picture of how a post-American world might come about, not by…
Abstract China has sought to gain regional influence by utilizing a mix of energy investments and military modernization efforts. China’s overall efforts aim to bring…
