Cooperative Monitoring in the South China Sea

Satellite Imagery, Confidence-Building Measures, and the Spratly Islands Disputes

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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The Spratly Islands have represented a potential political and military flashpoint in the South China Sea for years, involving as they do various claims by China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Taiwan. This edited volume examines the issues involved in light of confidence- building measures that new high-resolution satellite imagery can offer to this, and other, regions.Baker, Wiencek, and their contributors assess the potential role for cooperative monitoring in mitigating the risk of conflict arising from multinational disputes over the Spratly Islands. They analyze how this new generation of civilian and commercial observation satellites can be used to reduce the changes of armed conflict breaking out by providing transparency that will detect and identify politically significant activities occurring at disputed islands and reefs among the Spratlys. Of particular interest to policy makers, scholars, and other researchers involved with military issues in Asia and international security concerns.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-03-30
Mått157 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt546 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780275971823

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JOHN C.BAKER is a Technology Policy Analyst at RAND, Arlington, Virginia. His work is concerned with the international security implications of commerical observation satellites and other dual-use space technologies. Among his earlier publications is the co-edited Commercial Observation Satellites: At the Leading Edge of Global Transparency.DAVID G. WIENCEK heads the consulting company, International Security Group, Inc., which specializes in international political risk assessments, East and Southeast Asian political-security affairs, Weapons of Mass Destruction and proliferation studies, and terrorism issues.Among his earlier writings is the co-edited Asian Security Handbook 2000.

TablesFiguresForewordAbbreviations1 IntroductionJohn C. Baker and David G. WiencekPart I2 The Spratly Islands Dispute: Legal Issues and Prospects for Diplomatic AccommodationChristopher C. Joyner3 Energy Issues in the South China Sea RegionErik Kreil4 Security Risks of a South China Sea ConflictDavid G. Wiencek and John C. BakerPart II5 Commercial Observation Satellites for Conflict AvoidanceJohn C. Baker6 Cooperative Remote Monitoring in the South China Sea: Comparing the Utility of Aerial and Satellite ImageryVipin Gupta and Adam Bernstein7 Remote Sensing Capabilities and Experience Available to the South China Sea Littoral StatesBradford L. Thomas and John C. BakerPart III8 A Cooperative Monitoring Regime for the South China SeaJohn C. Baker and David G. Wiencek9 Environmental Remote Sensing of the South China SeaDouglas O. Fuller10 Contemporary Maritime Piracy in Southeast AsiaPeter Chalk11 ConclusionsJohn C. Baker and David G. WiencekAppendix: Occupied Locations among the Spratly Islands, circa 2000Recommended ReadingsIndexAbout the Contributors