Maritime Issues and Regional Order in the Indo-Pacific

ISBN-13: 9783030680404 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Ch 1: Introduction: Maritime issues and the Indo Pacific, by Leszek Buszynski

Ch 2: A Brittle Status Quo in the South China Sea, Gregory B. Poling

Ch 3: Japan, the US, Vietnam and the South China Sea , Yoji Koda

Ch 4: China’s coast guard, grey zone operations and the South China Sea, Martin A. Sebastian

Ch 5: The South China Sea in Multilateral Forums: Five Case Studies, Carlyle A. Thayer

Ch 6: The Philippine Pivot to China: Threat to Stability in the West Philippine Sea, Marites Danguilan Vitug

Ch 7: Environmental issues in the South China Sea and Blue Solutions, Nguyen Chu Hoi

Ch 8: Assessing Europe’s perspectives on the South China Sea, Nicola Casarini-

Ch 9:  Japan and the East and South China Seas, Tomotaka Shoji

Ch 10: The Contest in the East China Sea, Yann-huei Song

Ch 11: The Misperception on China’s East China Sea ADIZ: Technical Flaws and legal Facts, Cao Qun

Ch 12: Japan and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP), Takashi Hosoda

Ch 13: Historical continuities, geopolitical interests and norms in Japan’s Free and Open Indo Pacific, Toshiya Takahashi

Ch 14: India and the Indo-Pacific, Udai Bhanu Singh

Ch 15: The U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy: An American Perspective, Derek Grossman

Ch 16: ASEAN and Indo-Pacific Outlook, To Anh Tuan and Do Thanh Hai

Ch 17: Indonesia and Indo-Pacific Cooperation, Senia Febrica

Ch 18: Conclusion: Physical connectedness and conceptual divide ,  Do Thanh Hai

O autorze

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.

Blurb

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.

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.