Weekly News 14/3 - 21/3

- Carlyle A. Thayer, Vietnamese Strategies to Constrain China in the South China Sea - Paper to International Studies Association 52nd Annual Convention, Montréal, Québec, Canada, March 16-19,2011 - (Eurasia Review 19/3) Defence Spending: China And India – Analysis - The thrust of China’s military spending over the years focuses on three critical areas - (Gulf News 19/3) China responds to harassment...

14/03/2011

Weekly News 7/3 - 14/3

- (The Atlantic 11/3) In Japanese Quake Disaster, a Chinese Opportunity - Could Beijing's navy, long contained by a U.S.-led coalition, use humanitarian intervention to expand its regional influence? - (ISEAS 10/3) Key obstacles to China becoming a global leader - (Economist 10/3) Carps among the Spratlys - The risk that almost comical regional competition in the South China Sea turns serious -...

07/03/2011

Weekly News 7/3 - 14/3

- (The Atlantic 11/3) In Japanese Quake Disaster, a Chinese Opportunity - Could Beijing's navy, long contained by a U.S.-led coalition, use humanitarian intervention to expand its regional influence? - (ISEAS 10/3) Key obstacles eto China becoming a global leaser - (Economist 10/3) Carps among the Spratlys - The risk that almost comical regional competition in the South China Sea turns serious -...

07/03/2011

South china sea platform for prosperity or arena for altercation? by Nazery Khalid

This paper highlights the importance of the sea as a critical global trade waterway and a key energy sealane as a prelude to discussing the overlapping claims by several nations on parts of the sea.  It warns against overzealous acts by nations to stake their claims that may pose a threat to security, stability and prosperity in the region and may invite the presence of outside powers keen to capitalize...

05/03/2011

Suppressing piracy in the South China Sea: towards a new cooperative establisment, by Prof. Zou Keyuan

Piracy remains a persistent problem in the South China Sea. It is known that the sea area with its points in Hong Kong, Luzon Island, and Hainan Island is called "the Hainan Triangle" which was once a pirate resort. Although the international attention is focused on Somali piracy, piratical accidents in the South China Sea did rise in 2009. The report released by the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre...

05/03/2011

Functional Cooperation and Pan-Beibu Gulf: Potential For Peace in the South China Sea

In the past decade or so, China-ASEAN relations have been steadily growing, thanks to both parties’ efforts to find areas of converging interests and cooperation and their mutual recognition that conflicts and political alienation would be harmful to regional stability. However, diplomatic tussles over sovereignty and resource claims over the South China Sea have never been totally absent. This is...

01/03/2011

Weekly News 28/2 - 7/3

- (Sun Star 6/3) Philippines, China reminded of agreed conduct over Spratlys after Chinese patrol boats allegedly harassed a Philippine oil exploration ship near the disputed Spratly islands. - (Asahia Shimbun 6/3) ANALYSIS: China's hike in defense spending aimed at bolstering its naval might - Will the increase in China's defense spending apply pressure to its neighbors?;(BBC 4/3) China's military...

28/02/2011

Senate Hearing on Maritime & Sovereignty Disputes in Asia

Senate Hearing on Maritime & Sovereignty Disputes in Asia July 15, 2009 Opening Remarks by Senator Webb’s   Witnesses Panel I: The Honorable Scot Marciel Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and ASEAN Affairs, Department of State Robert Scher Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia, Department...

27/02/2011

Cooperation in the South China Sea region: a way to regional peace, stability and prosperity, by Li Jianwei

This paper continues to support the idea of a sub-regional organization which acts as the coordinating institution for all-round cooperation in the South China Sea region. Only in this way can all actions be coordinated and fully communicated to avoid potential conflicts and promote efficiency of cooperation.

24/02/2011

Compromise and cooperation on the sea: The case of signing the declaration on the conduct of parties in the South China Sea, by Tran Truong Thuy

This paper focuses on the formulation of the DOC between ASEAN and China, contributing factors to the decisions of the parties concerned and analysis of the outcome.

24/02/2011