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IS COVID-19 LIKELY TO CHANGE THE SECURITY ORDER OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC IRREVOCABLY?

CHINA AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ARBITRATION: ANALYSIS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC CONTEXT

CHINA'S APPROACH TO FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION: NO SAIL ZONES

Introduction Torturous negotiations, involving much bargaining and several compromises, characterised the multiple sessions of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. Although the Conference eventually succeeded in formulating…

INDIA ENDEAVOURS TO TAP INTO OCEAN ENERGY

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INDIA’S PLAN FOR TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM IN SOUTH CHINA SEA: AN ANALYSIS

When India first announced its plans of setting up a Tsunami Warning System (TWS) in South China Sea (SCS) region, these evoked a negative reaction from China. However, China later rescinded its initial inhibitions, with the Chinese…

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THE CHANGING CONTOURS OF UNDERWATER MARITIME WARFARE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

The recent developments in the South China Sea(SCS) have unnerved the neighbours that surround it, and stake holders around the world are concerned about the happenings. Whether it was the half-hearted effort to get a code of conduct…

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SOUTH CHINA SEA: FROM TURBIDITY, TO SEMBLANCE OF TRANQUILITY

The unfolding events in the South China Sea (SCS) in the last one decade plus has been tumultuous to say the least. The year Code of Conduct (CoC) 1was signed in Cambodia (2002) can be taken as the bench mark year when the members of the ASEAN…

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IS THE CHINESE ADIZ REALLY OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA HORIZON?

Declaration of an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) by China over the East China Sea (ECS) in November 2013 had raised wide spread speculations that Beijing might follow it up with a similar ADIZ in South China Sea (SCS) too. In less…

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VIETNAM’S DILEMMA IN CONTEXT OF SOUTH CHINA SEA: UNITED STATES VERSUS CHINA

The U.S. President Barack Obama made his maiden trip to Vietnam towards the end of his term in office in May 2016. The visit was to strengthen U.S.-Vietnam relations, as follow-on to the process of rapprochement between the two states, which…

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THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ADJUDICATION AND THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

The India International Centre at Delhi – considered the hub of cultural and intellectual activity in the capital city, was witness to a unique event on the afternoon of 17 May 16. Organised by the Chinese Embassy in Delhi, the ‘public lecture’…

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INDO-US JOINT NAVAL PATROL – PLAUSIBLE PROPOSAL OR RHETORIC

Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi on 02 March 2016, Admiral Harry B Harris, Commander, United States Pacific Command, exhorted that the ‘Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD)’ between India, Japan, Australia and the United States…

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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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SOUTH CHINA SEA RECLAMATIONS: CHINA MAKES ‘PUBLIC GOODS’ ARGUMENT

Earlier this month, during the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and Foreign Ministers’ Meetings of the East Asia Summit (EAS) meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang …

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