
SEEKING PEACE AND STABILITY THROUGH PAPER WARS: THE SOUTH CHINA SEA CASE
Japan released its latest edition of Defense White Paper titled ‘Defense of Japan 2013’ on July 9, 2013. While describing the Defense Policies of Countries which possibly affect the Security Environment Surrounding Japan, the paper contended…

JOINT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF (HADR) EXERCISES: EFFECTIVE INSTRUMENTS IN FURTHERING REGIONAL DEFENSE COOPERATION IN ASIAN CONTEXT
The first-ever joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief and Military Medicine (HADR & MM) Exercise under the auspices of the ‘ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus’ (ADMM+), was conducted with great professionalism from June…

NEW MARITIME LAWS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA: PORTENDS FOR FURTHER INSTABILITY?
The Vietnamese National Assembly passed a ‘Law on Vietnamese Sea’[1] on June 21, 2012, which provides legal basis for defining its internal waters, territorial waters, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zones (EEZ), continental…

FOUR YEARS OF ANTI-PIRACY MISSION: CHINESE NAVY’S SHOWCASE ACHIEVEMENT
The Chinese Navy celebrated the fourth anniversary of its ongoing anti-piracy escort mission and patrols in the Gulf of Aden and waters off the Somali coast on December 26, 2012 with great fanfare and wide publicity. The three Peoples’ Liberation…
