China's East China Sea ADIZ Gamble: Past, Present, and South China Sea Future?
China's moves in the South and East China Seas have the Asia-Pacific region worried. Is a new ADIZ on the horizon?
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Footnotes:
[1] This section draws from Harry J. Kazianis, “Air-Sea Battle and ADIZ: A Reaction to a Reaction,” China Brief, December 5, 2013, accessed May 1, 2015 http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=....
[2] Peter Mattis, “China’s East China Sea ADIZ: Framing Japan to Help Washington Understand,” China Brief, December 5, 2013, accessed May 1, 2015 http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news....
[3] For a detailed analysis of the Air-Sea Battle Controversy, please see Harry J. Kazianis, “The Evolution of Air-Sea Battle,” The Center for International Maritime Security, February 14, 2014, accessed June 7, 2015 http://cimsec.org/evolution-airsea-battle/9936.
[4] While the author did attend this hearing in person, please see U.S. Navy, “Read Admiral Foggo Discusses Air-Sea Battle Concept,” NavyLive, October 10, 2013 accessed October 14, 2013 http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2013/10/10/rear-adm-foggo-discusses-air-sea-....
[5] Terry S. Morris et al, “Securing Operational Access: Evolving the Air-Sea Battle Concept,” The National Interest, February 11, 2015, accessed May 2, 2015 http://nationalinterest.org/feature/securing-operational-access-evolving....
[6] Please note while ASB has officially become JAM-GC, for the purposes of consistency, the author will continue to use ASB throughout this text, as this is the more popular term used.
[7] Lyle Goldstein and Shannon Knight, “Wired for Sound in the Near Seas,” USNI Proceedings Magazine, April 2014, accessed May 7, 2015 http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2014-04/wired-sound-near-seas.
[8] This section is based on the following: Harry J. Kazianis, “Washington Needs a More Assertive China Policy,”RealClearWorld, May 31, 2015, accessed June 2, 2015 http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2015/05/31/washington_needs_a_mor....
[9] Minnie Chan, “China Denies it is Readying Air Defense Identification Zone in the South China Sea,” South China Sea Morning Post, May 31, 2015, accessed June 6, 2015 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1814359/china-d....
[10] For background information on the application and concepts around lawfare, please see Carl Thayer, “Lawfare or Warfare?: History, International Law and Geo-Strategy,” The Diplomat, July 4, 2014, accessed June 7, 2015. http://thediplomat.com/2014/07/lawfare-or-warfare-history-international-....