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HISTORICAL AND TAXONOMICAL CLAIMS OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA

During his address at the Defense Conference in London on 14 September 2015, Vice Admiral Yuan Yubai, the Commander of the PLA Navy‟s North Sea Fleet, stated that “the South China Sea, as the name indicates, is a sea area that belongs to…

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BLUE ECONOMY: HARMONIZING IORA DECLARATION AND UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL

In September 2015, two significant announcements relating to ocean economy were made. The Indian Ocean Rim Associations (IORA) hosted the first IORA Ministerial Blue Economy Conference titled “Enhancing Blue Economy…

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THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION: IN PURSUIT OF BLUE ECONOMY

The Indian Ocean has immense potential in providing sustainable livelihood and economic development to its littoral countries. Exploring marine resources for economic development while significantly reducing environmental …

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WORLD OCEANS DAY

World Ocean Day (WOD), celebrated on 08 June every year, brings an opportunity to raise global awareness of the impacts of human actions on the ocean, and to mobilize support for sustainable global ocean management. It was first proposed…

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CHINA CHALLENGES THE UNIPOLAR WORLD ORDER: AN ASSESSMENT OF CHINA’S DEFENCE WHITE PAPER 2014

China has been issuing Defence White Papers biennially since 1998. The ninth White Paper of 2014 titled ‘China's Military Strategy’ was released recently in May 2015. This essay seeks to analyse the salient aspects…

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CAN ASEAN PREVENT THE INEVITABLE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA?

The 26th ASEAN Summit concluded in Kuala Lumpur on 27 April 2015 with the ministers once again ‘sharing concerns’ over the outstanding maritime territorial disputes in the …

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…

CHINA’S ‘HEAVENLY PALACE’: GREAT STRIDES IN MANNED SPACE MISSION

China’s unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 was successfully sent into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on board a Long March-2F rocket on November 1, 2011. Shenzhou, which means ‘magic vessel,’ finally achieved a historic…

‘MILITARY OPERATIONS OTHER THAN WAR’ (MOOTW): NON-TRADITIONAL ROLE OF THE PLA NAVY TOWARDS ‘PEACEFUL DEVELOPMENT’ OF CHINA

Many an international eyebrow has been raised at the rapid pace of the Chinese defence modernisation over the last decade. The US has been an active proponent in questioning the Chinese ‘Peaceful Rise’, a term used for the very first time…