Can’t Anybody Play This Game? US FON Operations and Law of the Sea
This article originally featured on Lawfare. It may be read in its original form here. By Raul “Pete” Pedrozo and James Kraska The United States has been unable to synchronize successful air and sea...
View ArticleSouth China Sea arbitration: Beijing puts forward her own views Part One
By Alex Calvo Introduction: restatement or small Filipino victory? Manila’s international arbitration bid has been repeatedly rejected by Beijing, which argues that it does not fall under the...
View ArticleSouth China Sea arbitration: Beijing puts forward her own views Part Two
By Alex Calvo This is the second installment in a four-part series devoted to China’s 7 December 2014 document, putting forward her views on the Philippines’ international arbitration case on the South...
View ArticleSouth China Sea arbitration: Beijing puts forward her own views Part Three
By Alex Calvo This is the third installment in a four-part series devoted to China’s 7 December 2014 document, putting forward her views on the Philippines’ international arbitration case on the South...
View ArticleSouth China Sea arbitration: Beijing puts forward her own views: The Finale
By Alex Calvo This is the final installment in a four-part series devoted to China’s 7 December 2014 document, putting forward her views on the Philippines’ international arbitration case on the South...
View ArticleUS Department of State Seeks to Clarify Meaning of China’s 9-Dash Line Part 1
By Alex Calvo Introduction Despite repeatedly stating that it will not take sides in territorial disputes in East Asia, Washington remains keenly interested in the ultimate fate of the South China Sea....
View ArticleUS Department of State Seeks to Clarify Meaning of China’s 9-Dash Line Part 2
By Alex Calvo This is the second installment in a five-part series summarizing and commenting the 5 December 2014 US Department of State “Limits in the Seas” issue explaining the different ways in...
View ArticleJanuary 2016 Members’ Round-Up Part One
Welcome to part one of the January 2016 members’ round-up! Over the past month CIMSEC members have examined several international maritime security issues, including future development programs for the...
View ArticleUS Department of State Seeks to Clarify Meaning of China’s 9-Dash Line Part 3
By Alex Calvo This is the third installment in a five-part series summarizing and commenting the 5 December 2014 US Department of State “Limits in the Seas” issue explaining the different ways in which...
View ArticleUS Department of State Seeks to Clarify Meaning of China’s 9-Dash Line Part 4
By Alex Calvo This is the fourth installment in a five-part series summarizing and commenting the 5 December 2014 US Department of State “Limits in the Seas” issue explaining the different ways in...
View ArticleUS Department of State Seeks to Clarify Meaning of China’s 9-Dash Line: Finale
By Alex Calvo This is the fifth installment in a five-part series summarizing and commenting the 5 December 2014 US Department of State “Limits in the Seas” issue explaining the different ways in which...
View ArticleMembers’ Roundup: July 2016 Part One
By Sam Cohen Welcome to Part One of the July 2016 members’ roundup. Through the first half of July, CIMSEC members examined several international maritime security issues, including the Permanent Court...
View ArticleMilitary Activities on the Continental Shelf
This piece was originally published by the Lawfare Institute in Cooperation with Brookings and is republished with permission. Read it in its original form here. By James Kraska The recent...
View ArticleLessons from the Arctic for the South China Sea
By Daniel Thomassen Introduction The maritime region centered on the South China Sea has been a vital international trade route and reservoir of natural resources throughout modern history. Today, its...
View ArticleSea Control 134 – The South China Sea with Vasco Becker-Weingberg
By Matthew Merighi Join the latest episode of Sea Control for a conversation with Professor Vasco Becker-Weingberg of Universidad Nova in Lisbon, Portugal, about the South China Sea. The interview,...
View ArticleSouth China Sea: Continuous U.S. Presence or a New Law of the Sea Treaty
This article originally featured on Divergent Options and is republished with permission. Read it in its original form here. By David Mattingly National Security Situation: The United Nations...
View ArticleA Sign of the Times: China’s Recent Actions and the Undermining of Global Rules
By Tuan N. Pham More Chinese assertiveness and unilateralism are coming. In January, this author’s article in a separate publication assessed strategic actions that Beijing will probably undertake in...
View ArticleChina’s Claim to the Spratly Islands is Just a Mistake
This article is an adaptation of an academic publication by Bill Hayton published in ‘Modern China’ as ‘The Modern Origins of China’s South China Sea Claims: Maps, Misunderstandings, and the Maritime...
View ArticleA Sign of the Times: China’s Recent Actions and the Undermining of Global...
By Tuan N. Pham Last March, CIMSEC published an article titled “A Sign of the Times: China’s Recent Actions and the Undermining of Global Rules, Part 1” highlighting three troubling developments that...
View ArticleFalse Assumptions May Lead to Counterproductive U.S. Policy in the South...
By Mark J. Valencia In his piece, Mr. Pham “lays out recommended ways and means that Washington can regain and maintain the strategic initiative in the Indo-Pacific.” However many of his...
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