Tag: maritime

  • Daily Update, June 26, 2012

    How to Defuse South China Sea Conflicts –Taylor Fravel in WSJ To neutralize such standoffs, the focus should first be on reducing proximate causes. For example, even though it would not address the underlying dispute, a joint or multilateral fishing agreement could remove one major source of friction in the South China Sea. … Finally,…

  • China–Japan maritime arrests: to care or not to care?

    After China’s stern reaction last year to the arrest of a Chinese sailor who rammed Japanese ships near islands disputed by the two countries, the world media has braced itself for another round of “tensions” following a new arrest. The fact that both Japanese and Chinese authorities are calling the incident a “regular fisheries case”…