Elleman, Bruce (US Naval War College, USA)

Beijing's Power and China's Borders: Twenty Neighbors in Asia Elleman, Bruce (US Naval War College, USA) 1.º edición

Brief Description: "A publication of the Northeast Asia Seminar"--P. facing t.p. Brief Description: "China shares borders with 20 neighboring countries--more than any other country in the world, by a factor of two. Each of the neighbors has its own national interests, and in some cases, that includes territorial and maritime jurisdictional claims in places that China also claims. Most of these 20 countries have had a history of border conflicts with China; some of them never amicably settled. This book brings together some of the foremost historians, geographers, political scientists, and legal scholars on modern Asia to examine each of China's twenty land or sea borders. The alphabetically arranged chapters cover Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brunei, Indonesia, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, The Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. Each chapter details the history and status of boundary setting and the ongoing management of transnational interactions--trade, resource exploitation, fishing rights, and population movements. An introduction and a concluding chapter draw out the implications of the book's twenty case studies. Issues examined include: the early history of setting the border with China; the ways in which China has acquired "new" boundaries as a result of changes in the international law of the sea; the type and intensity of China's border conflicts with its neighbors; successful efforts to delimit official borders; unsuccessful efforts to delimit borders; and areas where future border disputes could arise"--Table of Contents: Acknowledgments -- Series Editor's Preface / Stephen Kotkin -- Abbreviations -- List of Maps -- Introduction / Bruce A. Elleman, Clive Schofield -- 1. Sino-Afghani Border Relations / Artemy M. Kalinovsky -- 2. Bhutan-China Border Disputes and Their Geopolitical Implications / Paul J. Smith -- 3. Brunei's Contested Sea Border with China / Ian Storey -- 4. India's Intractable Border Dispute with China / Brahma Chellaney -- 5. Indonesia's Invisible Border with China / I Made Andi Arsana, Clive Schofield -- 6. Sino-Japanese Territorial and Maritime Disputes / June Teufel Dreyer -- 7. Kazakhstan's Border Relations with China / Stephen Blank -- 8. Sino-Korean Border Relations / Charles K. Armstrong -- 9. Kyrgyzstan: China's Regional Playground? / Erica Marat -- 10. The China-Laos Boundary: Lan Xang Meets the Middle Kingdom / Ian Townsend-Gault -- 11. Malaysia and China: Economic Growth Overshadows Sovereignty Dispute / Vivian Louis Forbes -- 12. Sino-Mongol Border: From Conflict to Precarious Resolution / Morris Rossabi -- 13. The Sino-Myanmar Border / Brendan Whyte -- 14. China-Nepal Border: Potential Hot Spot? / Chitra K. Tiwari -- 15. The Sino-Pakistan Border: Stability in an Unstable Region / Christopher Tang -- 16. Philippine-China Border Relations: Cautious Engagement Amid Tensions / Lowell Bautista, Clive Schofleld -- 17. Sino-Russian Border Resolution / Mark Galeotti -- 18. PRC Disputes with the ROC on Taiwan / Bruce A. Elleman -- 19. Tajikistan-China Border Normalization / Gregory Gleason -- 20. Sino-Vietnamese Border Disputes / Ramses Amer -- Conclusions / Bruce A. Elleman, Stephen Kotkin, Clive Schofield -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors. Marc Notes: A publication of the Northeast Asia Seminar--P. facing t.p.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-340) and index.; China shares borders with 20 neighboring countries--more than any other country in the world, by a factor of two. Each of the neighbors has its own national interests, and in some cases, that includes territorial and maritime jurisdictional claims in places that China also claims. Most of these 20 countries have had a history of border conflicts with China;some of them never amicably settled.--; Provided by publisher. Biographical Note: Bruce Elleman is Professor at the Maritime History Department of the U. S. Naval War College Stephen Kotkin is John P. Birkelund '52 Professor in History and International Affairs. Acting Director, Program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at Princeton University, USA Clive Schofield is Director of Research at the Australian Centre for Ocean Resource and Security (ANCORS) at the University of Wollongong, AustraliaPublisher Marketing: This book brings together historians, geographers, political scientists, and legal scholars to examine each of China's twenty land or sea borders.

Contributor Bio:  Elleman, Bruce A Dr. Elleman received a master of philosophy degree in 1987, an East Asian Certificate in 1988, and his PhD in 1993 at Columbia University. In addition, he completed a master of sciences degree at the London School of Economics in 1985, and a master of arts in national security and strategic studies (with distinction) at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, in 2004. Elleman's dissertation research on Sino-Soviet diplomatic relations was conducted in Russia (1988-89), the People's Republic of China (1990-91), Taiwan (1991-92), and Japan (1992-93). Dr. Elleman was a Title VIII Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1993-94, and National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1994-95. Elleman then taught in the History Department at Texas Christian University. He spent the 1998 calendar year at International Christian University, Tokyo, as a visiting fellow. In 2000, Dr. Elleman moved to the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the U. S. Naval War College. In 2002-2003 he was a research fellow at the Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, and the recipient of a Social Science Research Council grant for advanced research on Japan. His dissertation was published as Diplomacy and Deception: The Secret History of Sino-Soviet Diplomatic Relations, 1917-1927 (M. E. Sharpe, 1997). He coedited with Stephen Kotkin Mongolia in the Twentieth Century: Landlocked Cosmopolitan (Sharpe, 1999). His other books are Modern Chinese Warfare, 1795-1989 (Routledge, 2001, translated into Chinese); Wilson and China: A Revised History of the 1919 Shandong Question (Sharpe, 2002); Naval Mutinies of the Twentieth Century: An International Perspective, edited with Christopher Bell (Frank Cass, 2003, translated into Czech); Japanese-American Civilian Prisoner Exchanges and Detention Camps, 1941-45 (London: Routledge, 2006); and Naval Blockade and Seapower: Strategies and Counter-Strategies, 1805-2005, edited with S. C. M. Paine (Routledge, 2006). An edited book (with S. C. M. Paine), Naval Coalition Warfare: From the Napoleonic War to Operation Iraqi Freedom, is forthcoming in 2007. Currently Elleman is writing a history of the Chinese navy and, with S. C. M. Paine, a textbook on Chinese history. A fourth book in the maritime series that began with the 2003 work on naval mutinies is projected, focusing on piracy. Contributor Bio:  Kotkin, Stephen Stephen Kotkin is Assistant Professor of History at Princeton University and author of "Steeltown, USSR" (California, 1991). Contributor Bio:  Schofield, Clive Schofield, International Boundaries Research Unit, University of Durham, UK.