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Anatomy of a Strategy

By AMTI Leadership | August 24, 2015 | Categories: ADIZ, China, Coast Guard, South China Sea, Southeast Asia, Spratly Islands, Strategy, United States

On August 20, The Department of Defense released its Asia-Pacific Maritime Security Strategy. Mandated by Section 1259 of the FY 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, the report outlines DOD’s strategy for maritime security in the region. On August 21, Assistant Secretary of Defense David Shear briefed the press on the new document. Team AMTI commends […]

Danger at the Second Thomas Shoal

By Bonnie Glaser | December 23, 2014 | Categories: ADIZ, China, Philippines, Year in Review

The South China Sea is likely to persist as a source of tension both between China and its Southeast Asian maritime neighbors, and between China and the United States in 2015. China’s land reclamation activities, which are taking place at six of the seven reefs under Chinese control in the Spratly Island chain, will advance […]

South Korea’s Inevitable Expansion of its ADIZ

By Chang-Hoon Shin | December 8, 2014 | Categories: ADIZ, Republic of Korea

In November 2013, China established an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea. As a result of this action, the South Korean public became alerted to two significant issues that had previously been unintentionally ignored. The first was the recognition of the strategic value of a part of the East China Sea, […]

China’s ADIZ at One Year: International Legal Issues

By Matthew Waxman | November 25, 2014 | Categories: ADIZ, China, East China Sea

This week marks a year since China abruptly declared an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) covering a large area of the East China Sea, including islands the legal possession of which China disputes with Japan. Especially because China has sent signals that it might enact another such zone in the South China Sea, this anniversary […]

China’s First ADIZ Decision: One Year Later

By Zhu Feng | November 25, 2014 | Categories: ADIZ, China, East China Sea

China’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) announcement on November 23, 2013 was one year ago, but frictions around the decision still remain. Tokyo insists that it rejects the ADIZ, and no Japanese civilian flights file their passage as requested. The United States has toned down its initial opposition, but no U.S. military planes obey Chinese […]

Reviewing the First Year of China’s ADIZ: A Japanese Perspective

By Tetsuo Kotani | November 25, 2014 | Categories: ADIZ, China, East China Sea, Japan

When China’s Defense Ministry made an announcement of an “East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone” on November 23, 2013, the fundamental question was about its legal nature. The announcement provided that all aircraft, “regardless of its destination,” shall comply with the procedures within the ADIZ and that the Chinese military will take “defensive emergency […]