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Defining Maritime Asia

By Gary Roughead | November 11, 2014 | Categories: Indo-Pacific Region, Strategy

Most think of maritime Asia in the context of the Western Pacific littoral, the long swath of near shore waters that run from the Russian Pacific coast to Southeast Asia. Or, that maritime Asia is defined by the competing claims in the East and South China Seas and the rise of the Chinese Navy. Maritime […]

Transparency in Troubled Seas: Welcome to AMTI

By Michael Green and Mira Rapp-Hooper | November 11, 2014 | Categories: AMTI Update, Indo-Pacific Region, Strategy

Five years ago, it would have been difficult to imagine that eminent historians and political scientists would draw analogies between territorial issues in the East and South China Seas, and the Balkans on the eve of the First World War. Yet in the very recent past, maritime claims, resource competition, and contentious international arbitration in the […]

South China Sea Action at the East Asia Summit?

By Rory Medcalf | November 11, 2014 | Categories: East Asia Summit, South China Sea

The stakes in Asia’s maritime security tensions are high and getting higher. As each year the region moves closer to the global center of gravity in economic weight, military power and demographics, so too the consequences of any strategic breakdown among its powers become more grave. Accordingly, it is more important than ever to work […]