Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

China’s Maritime Ambition, Security Dilemma and Lack of Multilateral Framework

China’s Maritime Ambition, Security Dilemma and Lack of Multilateral Framework The security environment of the South China Sea has been disrupted as China strengthens its efforts at maritime ambition. The recent security situation in the Asia-Pacific, particularly the South China Sea, is characterised by arms building and balancing against China. It raises the possibility of conflict. For securing stability and peace, it is time to bring multilateralism back in, since a multilateral security framework contributes to taking the edge off power politics. However, there is no reliable multilateral framework to deal with the declining maritime security environment. This article highlights the lack of a multilateral framework and suggests an eclectic approach to multilateralism for securing the Asia-Pacific maritime order. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs SAGE

China’s Maritime Ambition, Security Dilemma and Lack of Multilateral Framework

Download PDF
23 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/sage/china-s-maritime-ambition-security-dilemma-and-lack-of-multilateral-kImfymv0xj
Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
© 2021 SAGE Publications
ISSN
2347-7970
eISSN
2349-0039
DOI
10.1177/23477970211017729
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

The security environment of the South China Sea has been disrupted as China strengthens its efforts at maritime ambition. The recent security situation in the Asia-Pacific, particularly the South China Sea, is characterised by arms building and balancing against China. It raises the possibility of conflict. For securing stability and peace, it is time to bring multilateralism back in, since a multilateral security framework contributes to taking the edge off power politics. However, there is no reliable multilateral framework to deal with the declining maritime security environment. This article highlights the lack of a multilateral framework and suggests an eclectic approach to multilateralism for securing the Asia-Pacific maritime order.

Journal

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs – SAGE

Published: Aug 1, 2021

There are no references for this article.