Volume 23 Issue 14

Articles from Volume 23 Issue 14

Demystifying ‘De-Risking’: Can the PRC Sell to Countries and Coerce Them at the Same Time?

08.04.2023 Ben Sando

Introduction With the rapid growth of its economic and diplomatic power, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has cultivated diverse new connections with the societies...

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Laying Down the Law Under the Sea: Analyzing the US and Chinese Submarine Cable Governance Regimes

08.04.2023 William Yuen Yee

Introduction In May 2018, the World Bank opened bidding to “all eligible firms from any country” on a $72.6 million submarine fiber-optic cable system that...

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The Demise of Diplomatic Ambiguity: Parsing South Korea’s Estrangement From China

08.04.2023 Matthew Fulco

Introduction In July, the US Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) visited South Korea for the first time since 1981. Not one, but two of the 560-foot-long...

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Water Warriors: How China’s River Chiefs Aim to Tackle Water Pollution

08.04.2023 Genevieve Donnellon-May

Introduction In many ways, China’s history is one of water management. As Chinese historiographers often remark, the unique hydrological conditions within China led to the...

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