China
What’s Next for U.S.-China Military Relations?
Robert D. Williams Mon, Mar 22, 2021, 11:38 AM
Can the world’s most powerful militaries make progress on improving operational safety and preventing miscalculation?
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China
China’s New Coast Guard Law and Implications for Maritime Security in the East and South China Seas
Shigeki Sakamoto Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 1:37 PM
China's new Coast Guard Law has several inconsistencies with UNCLOS.
Maritime
The National Security Imperative to Tackle Illegal Fishing
Michael Sinclair Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 1:46 PM
Over the last few years illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has become more recognized as a national security concern.
South China Sea
The Chagos Archipelago Dispute: Law, Diplomacy and Military Basing
Nilanthi Samaranayake Tue, Oct 6, 2020, 10:34 AM
What’s the international significance of the dispute over the Chagos Archipelago?
Maritime
Could a Kiwi Sailor’s Northwest Passage Transit Break the Legal Ice Between Canada and the U.S.?
Cornell Overfield Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 8:01 AM
Short-term coronavirus regulations led the Kiwi Roa to inadvertently challenge Canada’s long-standing claim that the waters of the Arctic archipelago and Northwest Passage are internal waters.
South China Sea
Protecting the Rules-Based Order at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Jonathan G. Odom Fri, May 8, 2020, 8:00 AM
State parties to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea have a lawful and peaceful way to uphold the international rule of law and counter China’s disregard of a 2016 arbitral tribunal’s legally binding ruling on the South China Sea.
Climate Change and Security
Take Greenland Seriously and Literally as a Vital National Security Issue
David Priess, Martijn Rasser Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 9:00 AM
Mentioning Greenland may invite laughs about President Trump’s rash interest in purchasing the island. Joking, however, overlooks the significant impact that Greenland will have on U.S. interests within the next decade.
maritime disputes
The Kenya–Somalia Maritime Dispute and Its Potential National Security Costs
Emmah Wabuke Wed, May 15, 2019, 8:00 AM
The at-times fraught relationship between Kenya and Somalia took a new turn in 2014, when Somalia submitted a compromis before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) claiming that Kenya was conducting illegal acts in what Somalia claimed to be part of its territory. The territory in question is a 100,000 square kilometer (38,610 square mile) triangular patch created by projecting the Kenya-Somali border eastward into the Indian Ocean.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
Evaluating the Russian Threat to Undersea Cables
Garrett Hinck Mon, Mar 5, 2018, 7:00 AM
Is vital internet infrastructure at risk from new Russian naval capabilities? NATO’s military leadership has warned in recent months that the Russian navy is aggressively probing undersea communications cable networks.
Water Wars
Water Wars: US Hits Reset Button in Asia-Pacific
Chris Mirasola Fri, Feb 10, 2017, 8:28 AM
Trump administration formulates policy in the East, South China Seas