| Description |
1 online resource (iii, 29 pages) : color map |
| Series |
Crisis Group Asia report ; N°280 |
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ICG Asia report ; N°280.
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| Contents |
Executive summary. -- Recommendations. -- Introduction. -- Outline of the mechanism and chronology of discussions. -- Divergences. -- Potential implementation challenges. -- Conclusion. -- Appendices |
| Summary |
Growing military activity of both China and Japan in the East China Sea make it more urgent than ever that they agree on a technical mechanism to minimise the danger of unintended clashes. Its key element should be improved communications, both to decrease the likelihood of such confrontations and to de-escalate those that occur. Though tensions have subsided since mid-2014, potential flashpoints, particularly over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands, remain. The PLA and SDF are increasingly in contact in the air and seas around the disputed islands, the East China Sea and Western Pacific. This will likely persist, as each strengthens its military capability in the East China Sea and adopts a more active maritime policy. Conflicting views and practices over rules of conduct exacerbate the risks. Without institutionalised communications links at front-line, mid- and headquarters levels, an inadvertent clash could easily become a full-blown crisis |
| Notes |
"30 June 2016"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (ICG, viewed July 4, 2016) |
| Subject |
Crisis management.
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Crisis management.
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Diplomatic relations.
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International law.
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| SUBJECT |
East China Sea -- International status
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China -- Foreign relations -- Japan
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Japan -- Foreign relations -- China
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| Subject |
China.
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East China Sea.
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Japan.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group, issuing body.
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