Water Wars
Water Wars: Shadowboxing in Taiwan and the Senkakus
Tension around “Fortress Taiwan,” concern for the Senkakus, and naval exercises in the South China Sea.
Sean Quirk is a JD/MPP joint-degree student at Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School. He holds a BA in Political Science from Columbia University and served as a surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy for five years. The views expressed here are his own and do not reflect those of the Department of Defense, the U.S. Navy, or any other agency of the United States Government.
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Tension around “Fortress Taiwan,” concern for the Senkakus, and naval exercises in the South China Sea.
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