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Author: Don Emmerson


Donald K. Emmerson heads the Southeast Asia Program at Stanford University. His South China Sea-related publications in 2017 have appeared in Contemporary Southeast Asia, The Diplomat, President Trump’s Asia Inbox, The South China Sea Disputes, and YaleGlobal. Earlier maritime writing includes “Orders of Meaning” (1983) and Rethinking Artisanal Fisheries Development (1980). His degrees are from Yale (PhD) and Princeton (BA).

Matching Power with Purpose in the South China Sea: A Proposal

By Don Emmerson | November 28, 2017 | Categories: AMTI Update
In Yokota, Japan, President Trump spoke of seeking “peace and stability for the nations of the world,” including “a free and open Indo-Pacific region,” and lauded America’s ally Japan. Yet in his celebration of full-spectrum US military might, power upstaged purpose.

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