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Concept of Sea Power
In this chapter different perspectives on the concept of sea power are considered. On the one hand, sea power is defined accordingly, whereby it must...
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The Geopolitical Node: The Black Sea and Beyond
This chapter examines the broader effects of the ongoing global economic war. It focuses on the Black Sea, detailing its importance as a node of...
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Great Power Competition and Pakistan: A Power Transition Theory Perspective 1947–1991
The present study investigates great power competition and its ramifications for Pakistan in the South Asian regional hierarchy during the Cold War....
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Evolution of European Naval Power
This chapter introduces an entirely new perspective on the study of European naval power from the end of the Cold War to today’s era of great power...
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Revisiting Geopolitics in the South China Sea
The South China Sea (SCS) has long been regarded as one of the most complex and challenging ocean-related maritime disputes in East Asia. The SCS...
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Sino-US Competition in the South China Sea: Power, Rules and Legitimacy
The increasing competition between China and the United States in the South China Sea necessitates that some important issues be resolved. What are...
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Enemy at the Gates: NATO in the Black Sea
This chapter analyzes hard power/military/naval aspects of Russian foreign policy, the second pillar of Russian policy, “spheres of influence” Cold...
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Managing Great Power Politics ASEAN, Institutional Strategy, and the South China Sea
This Open Access book explains ASEAN’s strategic role in managing great power politics in East Asia. Constructing a theory of institutional strategy,...
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Nothing New on the Eastern Front: Russkiy Mir in the Black Sea
This chapter brings forth a discussion about great power dynamics in the emerging world order and possible implications for the Black Sea. The...
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Maritime Waters of Ambazonia and the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention
Ambazonia is a coastal state and after Liberation would have to accede to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to protect and...
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Georgia and the Black Sea: Risks, Resilience and Opportunities
By unpacking major views of and dynamics towards the Black Sea region from the Georgian perspective, this analysis addresses two questions: What are...
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Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy Between Power and Network
This volume discusses Korea’s role as a middle power in the midst of the 21stcentury global power shift. Focusing on Korea’s middle power diplomacy...
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War Is Not Imminent During the Great Power Competition
This chapter, War Is Not Imminent during the Great Power Competition, will argue that war is not imminent during the great power competition from...
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An Alternative Approach: The African Union’s SEA Regulatory Framework
After decades of struggle to hold individual peacekeepers to account for sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), many changes and initiatives have been...
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“So Much Sea”: Opportunities and Challenges in Portugal-Brazil Maritime Cooperation
The relevance of the sea in Portugal–Brazil relations was eloquently captured by Brazilian singer Chico Buarque in his 1975 song “So much Sea” [Tanto...
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Artificial Islands in the South China Sea. Territorial Disputes in the Area. United Nations Conference of the Law of the Sea Proposals
Artificial Islands construction is a rising phenomenon. The ones constructed by the People’s Republic of China in the South China Sea are a set of...
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East Asia, Europe and the High Sea: The Geostrategic Trinity of the U.S.-Led Order
The U.S.-led international order rests on a geostrategic trinity, that is: “command of the sea,” and the other global commons such as airspace, outer...
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Avoiding and exploiting the tragedy of the commons: fishing, crime, and conflict in the South China Sea
What factors have driven the dramatic depletion of fishery resources in the South China Sea, and how have states responded? This article demonstrates...
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Coloniality of Power
This chapter sets the terrain of colonialism in Latin America and argues for the ‘coloniality of power’. It shows how colonialism not only seized the...
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State Smart Power Strategies
“The concept of ‘smart powerSmart power’—the intelligent integration and networking of diplomacy, defense, development, and other tools of so-called...