The Sino-Vietnamese Approach to Managing Border Disputes - Lessons, Relevance and Implications for The South China Sea

The paper has two main aims. First, to outline and examine the Sino-Vietnamese approach to managing border disputes. Second, to assess the lessons, relevance and implications of the Sino-Vietnamese approach on the South China Sea situation. The paper provides an overview of the Sino-Vietnam approach to managing border disputes in the period since full normalization between China and Vietnam in late...

24/04/2011

Joint development in the spratlys - a possible opportunity for China to take the lead, by Lee Lai To

The South China Sea territorial disputes remain to be one of the major, if not the major, sticky problems in the relationship, so much so that some analysts had called it the “time bomb” of Southeast Asian security.

24/04/2011

Weekly News 18/4 - 25/4

- (United Nations) Submission to the CLCS of Philippine on China's "9-dash line" - China's Response to Philippines' Note; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) reiterates its position on the South China Sea - (Radio Australia News 21/4) Vietnam, China on path to settle South China Sea dispute - (Taipei Times 22/4) Taiwan calls for mechanism to discuss disputed areas - (IDSA...

18/04/2011

Weekly News 11/4 - 18/4

- (Foreign Policy 15/4) Riding a tiger: China's resurging foreign policy aggression - (Sun Star 17/4) Enrile calls for stronger military anew - Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; (Phil Star 17/4) Phl shares China's call to resolve Spratly dispute peacefully; (Inquirer 16/4) China: Let us not quarrel over Spratlys - Chinese President Hu Jintao called Friday for Asian nations to better cooperate in...

11/04/2011

Weekly News 4/4 - 11/4

- (Jakarta Post 10/4) RI detaines two Malaysian fishing boats; Malaysia protests RI arrest of two fishing boats - (RSIS 8/4) India, US in East Asia: Emerging Strategic Partnership - India and the United States are gradually emerging as strategic partners in Asia. What are the prospects of this strategic partnership for the region?   -(New York Times 8/4) Shake-Up Could Affect Tone of U.S. Policy...

04/04/2011

Weekly News 28/3 - 4/4

- (People's Daily 1/4) Fishing ban to ease problems in Pearl River - The ban covers waters in six provinces and regions, including Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces, as well as the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. - (Wall Street Journal 1/4) Singed by the Dragon - Appeasing a rising hegemon carries a risk that one's national interest will disappear down its maw. This is a lesson the Philippines...

28/03/2011

South China Sea - 2nd Track Diplomacy

China Sea workshop process: Some backgrounds   1. There were already armed conflicts between China and Vietnam before 1990.   2. There were a number of bilateral, trilateral, and multilateral territorial disputes.   3. There was rush to seek resources, either living or non-living/minerals.   4. Some historical confrontation and conflicts between the countries in the...

24/03/2011

Long Road Towards Peace and Security in the East Sea

I. Overview In spite of the global crisis many countries of APR  confirms by their achievements the prognosis of scientists that the focus of world policy and economy of the XXI century  as well as  epicenter of concurrence  race  and even possible new confrontation of the leading world players and its coalitions is moving there, on the boards of Pacific Ocean. It seems that it becomes a “Mediterranean...

24/03/2011

Promotion of Security Cooperation in the South China Sea on International Basis

The South China Sea (SCS) is surrounded by 7 states including China, the Philipines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam. It is a narrow and semi-enclosed sea. The SCS has abundant resources, serving as an important route linking East Asia with the Indian Ocean and Europe, and possessing a strategic importance. For various reasons, there have emerged many conflicts among countries surrounding...

24/03/2011

Towards an international legal duty of ocean cooperation? by Ian Townsend-Gault

This paper explores the rules of international law, as well as relevant state practice, pertaining to maritime cooperation.  Its scope therefore includes formal and informal arrangements whereby states have decided to blur, or establish some alternative to, the usual rules pertaining to exclusive jurisdiction at sea.

24/03/2011