The Changing Maritime Scene in Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: Themes and Issues

   • Geoffrey Till

   Pages 1-8

3. The Maritime Balance in Asia in the Asia Century

   • Hugh White

   Pages 9-21

4. The ‘Rebalance’ and the Dangers of America’s Creeping Containment of China

   • Evan N. Resnik

   Pages 22-36

5. Maritime Asia: A Chinese Perspective

   • Cai Penghong

   Pages 37-48

6. Maritime Asia: An Indian Perspective

   • C. Raja Mohan

   Pages 49-58

7. Maritime Asia: A Southeast Asian Perspective

   • Euan Graham

   Pages 59-71

8. Maritime Asia: A Japanese Perspective

   • Yoji Koda

   Pages 72-81

9. Maritime Asia: An Australian Perspective

   • Sam Bateman

   Pages 82-91

10. Maritime Asia: A South Korean Perspective

    • Sukjoon Yoon

    Pages 92-113

11. Maritime Asia: A Taiwanese Perspective

    • Yann-huei Song

    Pages 114-127

12. Conclusions?

    • Geoffrey Till

    Pages 128-142

13. Back Matter

    Pages 143-149

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Is naval conflict in the Asia-Pacific region becoming more likely? On the face of it, this seems likely; nearly all countries in the region are rapidly modernising their navies and expanding their maritime capabilities at a time of increasingly rancorous disputes over sovereignty. This is especially the case in the East and South China Seas, with their supply of fish and largely untapped resources in oil and gas. Across the region there is a growing recognition of the economic importance of the sea, both for its resources and for the crucial shipping it facilitates. But economic growth goes both ways, developing increasing interdependence between the countries of the region. Expanding trade is subject to serious threats from pirates, drug-smugglers and other forms of maritime crime, and navies and coastguards are coming together to combat them. Which will prevail, the tendency to compete, or the tendency to cooperate? In reviewing the maritime policies of the major countries of the region, this volume aims to answer this question.

• Asia
• Asian Politics
• Asia-Pacific
• Naval development
• China
• Naval Dispute
• Piracy
• Japan
• South Korea
• Maritime Crime
• conflict
• crime
• stability

• Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  Geoffrey Till

Sam Bateman, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), Australia Cai Penghong, Shanghai Institute for International Studies, China. Euan Graham, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore Yoji Koda, Japan Defense Academy, Japan C. Raja Mohan, Observer Research Foundation, India Evan N. Resnick, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore Yann-huei Song, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan Hugh White, Australian National University, Australia

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