Abstract The political, economic, and financial aspects of sustaining an oil blockade against China mean that even a militarily successful blockader could find its political,…
Topic: Maritime Security
Abstract In its official documents, China has defined what it means by the term maritime great power and has laid out how it intends to…
Abstract America is suffering from a strategy deficit in the South China Sea. For nearly a decade–and at accelerated speed since 2014–Beijing has been salami…
Abstract Maritime trade warfare, also called commerce warfare, is a naval/military strategy that has been followed since ancient times. 1 The idea of maritime trade…
Abstract What is the role of coast guards in the realm of territorial disputes? Until ten years ago or so, few policy makers in East…
Abstract The East China Sea dispute has become a characteristic feature in the defined “hot economics, cold politics” relations between China and Japan. The maritime…
Abstract Japan’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy” was announced as recently as November 2016. However, it may be argued that Japan has been acting in…
Abstract: In a departure from its previous stance, China, in August 2017 during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ meeting, stated that…
Abstract On February 20, 2017, Indonesian President Joko Widodo signed Presidential Regulation no. 16 on the “Indonesian Ocean Policy”. The national policy was issued as…
Abstract The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) provides a great platform for China and Pakistan to promote regional trade activity. The massive infrastructure project to improve…
Abstract This paper elucidates the changing dynamics of India’s Indian Ocean Policy that substantiates four hypotheses. First, India’s maritime mindset has changed from a territorial…
Abstract There is a new conception of India’s security taking shape in the Asian maritime domain. India’s new evocation of security creates a seamless expanse…
Abstract In the recent period, India has emerged as one of the key political and economic players at the global level. In order to make…
Abstract The ‘Sea Law Phalanx’ Initiative has recently been launched under the auspicious of the China Law Society. Its main task is to gather legal…
Abstract The Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea [CUES 2014 Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (Western Pacific Naval Symposium, 22 April 2014] was finally…
