Twenty-First Century Seapower: Cooperation and Conflict at Sea

 

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Les éditions Routeledge viennent de faire paraître un livre sur les puissances maritimes émergentes : Chine et Russie essentiellement, et les conséquences que cela entrâinent.

Voici un extrait de la présentation :

"This work explores the underlying sources of maritime ambition through an analysis of various historical cases of naval expansionism. It analyses both the sources and dynamics of international naval competition, and looks at the ways in which maritime stability and the widespread benefits of international commerce and maritime resource extraction can be sustained through the twenty-first century."

Twenty-First Century Seapower: Cooperation and Conflict at Sea�|�Andrew S. Erickson

Defending the Strait: Taiwan's Naval Strategy in the 21st Century

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The Jamestown Foundation fait paraître un ospuscule sur la stratégie martime de Taiwan par James Holmes et Toshi Yoshihara. Voici comment ce texte est présenté:

"The Taiwan Navy can no longer keep up with a Chinese military that commands vast material preponderance, both quantitative and, increasingly, qualitative. It should no longer try. Nevertheless, the strategic vision set forth by the Republic of China Navy (ROCN), or Taiwan Navy, aims at “sea control” in the waters adjoining Taiwan. Such supremacy is elusive following years of robust economic growth that enable Beijing to boost the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) budget by double digits every year. In short, the balance of maritime power favors Beijing and will continue to do so. Sea control increasingly lies beyond Taipei’s grasp. While sea control eludes the ROCN, sea power does not. “Sea denial”—the naval strategy of the weaker contender—promises to let Taipei ride out a Chinese onslaught for long enough to matter. Prosecuting a sea-denial strategy demands that the ROCN forego its desire for sea control and break with its longstanding approach to naval strategy."

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