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The United States, China and the freedom of the seas: Washington's FONOPs conflict with Beijing
After several years of restraint, the United States conducted its latest freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea on 22 January 2016. Three weeks later President Barack Obama hosted a conference of the ASEAN heads of state and government in California to discuss the opportunities for reducing tensions in the region, which is witnessing spiralling conflicts between China and its East Asian neighbours over island territories and their resources. Rather than contributing to a deescalation, China fanned the flames by stationing missile batteries on Woody Island, which is also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam. Alongside that regional conflict, the South China Sea is also turning into an arena of conflict between Beijing and Washington. Amidst different interpretations of maritime law and the Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the question of whether the "freedom of the seas" is upheld or curtailed will have considerable geopolitical and strategic military consequences. (author's abstract)
- Alternative title
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Die USA, China und die Freiheit der See: "Freedom of Navigation"-Aktivitäten der USA und der ordnungspolitische Disput mit China
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1861-1761
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Seite(n): 4
- Language
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Englisch
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
- Bibliographic citation
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SWP Comment (15/2016)
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Internationale Beziehungen
Politikwissenschaft
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Geopolitik
Interessenpolitik
Gewässer
Völkerrecht
Ressourcen
Seerecht
Pazifischer Raum
ASEAN
China
Küstenschutz
Konvention
Konfliktbewältigung
Sicherheitspolitik
Konflikt
Divergenz
USA
Außenpolitik
internationale Beziehungen
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Paul, Michael
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
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Deutschland, Berlin
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2016
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-46539-4
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST
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- Stellungnahme
Associated
- Paul, Michael
- Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Time of origin
- 2016
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