Neorealism’s greatest flaw isn’t in its core assumptions about power and security, but in its inability to recognize that the international system is not experienced in a consistent manner.
Colin Flint talks about China’s rise, influence in the South China Sea and the Belt and Road initiative, as well as the importance of ports and seapower in geopolitics.
Zachary Lavengood explores the impact of the Arctic region’s geopolitics on current events, and the possibility of its emergence as a trade competitor for China.
The international community must promote peaceful dispute resolution and work toward preserving the stability of the global maritime security order.
The Obama, Trump and Biden administrations have shifted focus in varying degrees, but the primary objective has remained the maintenance of free navigation.
There are problems in using a historical argument as the basis for claims over territory, not the least of which is the reliability of available evidence.
Different positions on disputes and the loose structure of the association prevents ASEAN from taking a more assertive stance on issues related to the South China Sea.
Even when an attempt to settle a dispute through a judicial forum fails, it may still create a legacy which could lead to conflict resolution in other ways.
Covering the the South China Sea, the Senkaku/Diaoyu and Kuril Islands, Dokdo/Takeshima, Taiwan and Sino-Indian border issues, this book introduces and critiques the maritime and territorial disputes in the Indo-Pacific.
Western foreign policies are, by way of the security paradox, generating the assertive China that western policy was intended to mitigate.
