China’s Maritime Strategy to Secure its Future

The Bid to Dominate the Sea and Seabed
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-003-86423-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History

This book examines China’s maritime strategy, which aims to dominate and leverage the world’s oceans to secure its national interests.

Offering a comprehensive assessment of China’s initiatives across the various domains of national power, the work addresses the various actors—countries, companies, councils, and commissions—involved in, and affected by, China’s machinations. This includes all the relevant regions, commercial sectors, legal frameworks, trade relationships, and distinct areas of competition that include military, diplomatic, economic, technological, and financial/foreign investment interactions. The book documents China’s efforts to coopt global “goods,” like reduction of carbon emissions, with unfair and even immoral practices that price western competitors out of key markets, thereby establishing China as the near-sole provider of raw materials, manufacture, assemblage, and finished products made possible by its exploitation of the seas and sea-borne trade. It also documents how skillfully China weaves the threads of government, commerce, academia, private-sector research, finance, and military activities into a single tapestry of maritime domination. In sum, this book clearly conveys China’s methodical, persistent, and aggressive approach to securing its economic, political, and security interests associated with the world’s oceans and seas.

This book will be of interest to students of naval power, maritime security, Chinese politics and International Relations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murphy, Martin N.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Chapter 1: China as a Maritime Power Chapter 2: The Demand for Food Chapter 3: Energy, Metals, and Minerals Chapter 4: Economics, Ocean Ecosystems, and Technology as Battlegrounds Chapter 5: China’s Maritime Interests in Africa Chapter 6: Anchors in South Asia Chapter 7: Island Nations and Polar Regions Chapter 8: China as Neo-Colonial Power: Predator and Prey Chapter 9: Rule Maker, Rule Breaker Chapter 10: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Martin N. Murphy is one of the world's leading experts on piracy and irregular warfare at sea, and has authored 40 publications that include: Piracy, Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare at Sea: Navies Confront the 21st Century (2015), Somalia: The New Barbary? Piracy and Islam in the Horn of Africa (2011), and Small Boats, Weak States, Dirty Money: Piracy & Maritime Terrorism in the Modern World (2009).

Dakota L. Wood, USMC (Ret) is Owner/CEO of Hot Gates Consulting, LLC, a boutique consultancy on national security matters. He is the author or editor of 11 books and has published nearly 100 papers and articles.

Bruce A. Elleman became the William V. Pratt Professor of International History at the U.S. Naval War College in 2013, retiring after a full career in 2024. He is the author/editor of over 38 books.