Abstract South Korea, China and Japan ratified the Law of the Sea Convention and proclaimed their respective exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the late 1990s.…
Topic: Maritime Security
Abstract The challenge presented by China’s military modernization has seemingly altered the conventional balance in the Western Pacific, with significant implications for U.S. national security…
Abstract Naval programs are back on the agenda in East Asia, after a lull in defence spending in the wake of the Asian financial crisis.…
Abstract The article examines the reorientation of the defense policy of the United States, initiated during the Bush and Obama Administrations, toward giving increased priority…
Summary China’s military build-up, particularly the expansion of its long-range nuclear forces and its development of ‘anti-access/area-denial’ (A2/AD) capabilities, poses a serious threat to both…
Summary This book provides a comprehensive survey of the development and operations of the navies of South-East Asia since the end of World War II.…
Summary Sharing a similar geography at the opposite ends of the Eurasian Continent and dependent on maritime trade to supplement the lack of strategic resources,…
From the publisher: This article is composed of three major sections. In the first section, I explain why the pessimistic predictions of the 1990s about a…
From the publisher: There have been a number of articles about ASEAN’s centrality in the regional security architecture of Asia. Yet, the notion of centrality remains…
From the publisher: This book offers an assessment of the naval policies of emerging naval powers, and the implications for maritime security relations and the global…
Abstract The post‐Cold War period has witnessed significant maritime developments. The intensification of trade‐linked development and the entry into force of the Laws of the…
Abstract The Asian seas today are witnessing an intriguing historical anomaly—the simultaneous rises of two homegrown maritime powers against the backdrop of U.S. dominion over…
Abstract Maritime violence off the Horn of Africa has generated immense global attention. Ships carrying cargo that included oil, military weapons, and chemicals have been…
Abstract Within the framework of the liberal theory of peace, the author analyzes maritime delimitation disputes that have occurred between Japan and China in the…
Summary The first decade of the twenty-first century has witnessed the rise of China and India as confident economic powers pivoting on high growth rates,…
