Abstract: Measures to ease tensions and prevent military conflicts adjacent to the Korean Peninsula Northern Limit Line (NLL) are an integral part of the ongoing…
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Abstract: The United States must choose whether it will oppose or support South Korea’s emerging SSN [nuclear-powered submarine] program. While the strategic risks the program…
Abstract: North Korea’s military strategy can be difficult to decipher, but it should not be regarded as irrational or insignificant. Over the past decade, the…
Abstract: The security of Japan’s maritime borders is a top priority for the country’s government. The roles of the Japan Coast Guard and the Japanese…
Publication Year: 2019 Origins of a “Ragged Edge”—U.S. Ambiguity on the Senkakus’ Sovereignty Abstract: In 1972, Japan regained administrative control of the Senkaku Islands following…
Publication Year: 2019 Surging Second Sea Force: China’s Maritime Law-Enforcement Forces, Capabilities, and Future in the Gray Zone and Beyond Abstract: As China’s sea services…
Publication Year: 2019 Asia Rising: Ships of State? Abstract: The commercial-strategic linkages and state support for PRC port and shipping ventures resemble a twenty-first-century version…
Publication Year: 2020 China’s Global Navy—Today’s Challenge for the United States and the U.S. Navy Abstract: The balance of power in the Indo-Pacific is shifting…
Publication Year: 2018 “Getting Serious about Strategy in the South China Sea”: What Analysis Is Required to Compel a New U.S. Strategy in the South…
Abstract: Low-level instability is to be expected with maritime boundary disputes or when power competition occurs at sea; however, sustained escalatory cycles are unlikely because…
Publication Year: 2019 India’s Persian desire – analysing India’s maritime trade strategy vis-à-vis the Port of Chabahar Abstract: Since the turn of the century, India…
Abstract: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are a vital source for India’s energy requirements and home to a large population of Indian workers. Although…
Abstract: This article examines the major shipbuilding programmes of the PLA Navy (PLAN) with the purpose of assessing the capabilities of the shipyards engaged in…
Abstract: In global politics, the relations between India and China have long been branded by the countries’ customary rivalry. Bitterness and resentment between the two…
Abstract: China’s unprecedented economic rise and its growing military profile have transformed the threat matrix for India. China is challenging India’s interests in its immediate…
