To: People intereseted in International Boundaries
From:
Johan Henrik Nossum
Reseach Assistant, Legal Affairs
Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM)
University of Oslo
REQUEST INFORMATION ABOUT RESEACH PROJECTS ON THE SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION -
SPRATLY CONFLICT
I represent a research project called; "Energy and Security in the South
China Sea", which is under the direction of professor Stein Tønnesson.
Since starting up in January we have been able to establish contact with a
few other research projects or programmes relating to the South China Sea,
but we would like to have a comprehensive overview of such projects and
programmes, not the least in order to provide links to them on our webpage.
We are interested in all information which can lead us to establish contact
to such reseachers. Our project is cross-discipinary, so many topics
concerning the region might be of interest to us. Please write me if You
have some information of interest.
I would also like to present the four individual project included in the
project "Energy and Security of the South China Sea so far:
* Stein Tønnesson: " A naval history of the South China Sea"
A monograph on the naval history covering the second half of the 20th
century, but with main focus on the period after 1973. The main themes in
the study will be the decline of the US naval supremacy after 1973, the
build up of independent navies in the ASEAN countries, Taiwan and PRC, the
rising tension in the conflict over the South China Sea from 1988, and the
impact of the Asian crisis of 1997-98 on security relationships in the
region.
* Kristen Nordhaug: "Taiwan and the South China Sea region: Foreign
investment, energy and security"
*Leni Stenseth: "Hainan Island and the South China Sea"
*Leni Stenseth: "Domestic Rhetoric and foreign policy - the case of China's
South China Sea Policy"
*Johan Henrik Nossum: "Baselines in the South China Sea"
I hope this request do not offer You to much trouble, and I thank You in
advance for Your time and effort.
Best regards
Johan Henrik Nossum
Reseach Assistant, Legal Affairs
Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM)
University of Oslo
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