Maritime Issues and Regional Order in the Indo-Pacific

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-68037-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 291 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 538 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Maritime Politics and Security

This edited volume examines the political and security issues influencing and shaping the developing maritime order in the Indo Pacific. If focuses specifically on the impact of China’s maritime expansion upon the policies and strategies of the regional states as well as the major players. The chapters examine the interaction of these players, paying particular attention to Japan, as the originator of the Indo Pacific idea and promoter of security cooperation and regionalism. It also covers the responses of the ASEAN claimants, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines as well as Indonesia, alongside the key players, India, the US and also the EU.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hai, Do Thanh

Buszynski, Leszek

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ch 1: Introduction: Maritime issues and the Indo Pacific.- Ch 2: A Brittle Status Quo in the South China Sea.- Ch 3: Japan, the US, Vietnam and the South China Sea.- Ch 4: China’s coast guard, grey zone operations and the South China Sea.- Ch 5: The South China Sea in Multilateral Forums: Five Case Studies.- Ch 6: The Philippine Pivot to China: Threat to Stability in the West Philippine Sea.- Ch 7: Environmental issues in the South China Sea and Blue Solutions.- Ch 8: Assessing Europe’s perspectives on the South China Sea.- Ch 9: Japan and the East and South China Seas.- Ch 10: The Contest in the East China Sea.- Ch 11: The Misperception on China’s East China Sea ADIZ: Technical Flaws and legal Facts.- Ch 12: Japan and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP).- Ch 13: Historical continuities, geopolitical interests and norms in Japan’s Free and Open Indo Pacific.- Ch 14: India and the Indo-Pacific.- Ch 15: The U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy: An American Perspective.- Ch 16: ASEAN and Indo-Pacific Outlook.- Ch 17: Indonesia and Indo-Pacific Cooperation.- Ch 18: Conclusion: Physical connectedness and conceptual divide.

Über Autor(innen)

Leszek Buszynski is Honorary Professor at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, The Australian National University, Australia.

Do Thanh Hai is Senior Fellow and Assistant Director General at the East Sea Institute at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.