| Cooperative Monitoring in the South China Sea: Satellite Imagery, Confidence-Building Measures, and the Spratly Islands Disputes Contributor(s): Baker, John C. (Editor), Wiencek, David G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0275971821 ISBN-13: 9780275971823 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | International - Political Science | International Relations - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 341.42 |
| LCCN: 2001054587 |
| Lexile Measure: 1720 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.54" W x 9.36" (1.06 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |