Summary of Robert D. Kaplan's Asia's Cauldron , livre ebook

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 East Asia is a vast, yawning expanse that stretches from Arctic to Antarctic regions. The sea, unlike land, creates clearly defined borders, which reduces conflict.
#2 The seas in East Asia have not prevented military conflicts in the past, and they are unlikely to do so in the future. The geography of East Asia will foster the growth of navies, which while a worrisome trend in itself, is not as worrisome as the growth of armies in continental Europe at the beginning of the last century.
#3 East Asia can be divided into two general areas: Northeast Asia, which is dominated by the Korean Peninsula, and Southeast Asia, which is dominated by the South China Sea. The destiny of North Korea, a totalitarian and hermitic state, is closely tied to the area.
#4 The South China Sea is the throat of the Western Pacific and Indian oceans, and it is here where China’s 1. 3 billion people and the Indian Subcontinent’s 1. 5 billion people converge.

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Publié par	Everest Media LLC
Date de parution	08 mai 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9798822504455
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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#1

East Asia is a vast, yawning expanse that stretches from Arctic to Antarctic regions. The sea, unlike land, creates clearly defined borders, which reduces conflict.

#2

The seas in East Asia have not prevented military conflicts in the past, and they are unlikely to do so in the future. The geography of East Asia will foster the growth of navies, which while a worrisome trend in itself, is not as worrisome as the growth of armies in continental Europe at the beginning of the last century.

#3

East Asia can be divided into two general areas: Northeast Asia, which is dominated by the Korean Peninsula, and Southeast Asia, which is dominated by the South China Sea. The destiny of North Korea, a totalitarian and hermitic state, is closely tied to the area.

#4

The South China Sea is the throat of the Western Pacific and Indian oceans, and it is here where China’s 1. 3 billion people and the Indian Subcontinent’s 1. 5 billion people converge.

#5

The South China Sea is home to more than two hundred small islands, rocks, and coral reefs. The territorial disputes surrounding these waters are important because they could contain oil and natural gas reserves.

#6

The postmodern age is characterized by globalization, and this has created a host of new states in Southeast Asia that are flexing their muscles at sea. These countries are making territorial claims against each other, which was never an issue in the days of the British Empire because of the supremacy of the Crown globally.

#7

The Spratlys are an example of how globalization has changed the meaning of territory. China’s position vis-à-vis the South China Sea is similar to America’s position vis-à-vis the Caribbean Sea in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

#8

The South China Sea is crucial to the dominance of a single state, because it is where the sea lines of communication between the Horn of Africa and the Sea of Japan meet. The South China Sea will be the most contested body of water in the world.

#9

China is an example of a low-calorie version of authoritarianism, with a capitalist economy and little governing ideology. While the language at Asian summits will be soft, the deployment of warships in disputed seas will be hard.

#10

The exception to the soft power argument is the environment, which will continue to be affected by global warming. The moral drama that does occur will be austere power politics, of the sort that leaves many intellectuals and journalists numb.

#11

The South China Sea scenario is not like any other kind of conflict we have experienced before. It is limited to the naval realm, and there is no land warfare. It is positive because it shows that conflict can be controlled and used for human progress.

#12

The Chinese mainland forms the northern boundary of the South China Sea. China’s South China Sea coastline, from the border with Vietnam in the west to the Taiwan Strait in the east, takes in one of China’s principal demographic and economic hubs, the province of Guangdong and the megacity of Guangzhou.

#13

The Chinese have always wanted to expand their strategic space, because they never want to be taken advantage of again like they were in the previous two centuries.

#14

The Vietnam War has been compared to the Athenians’ ill-fated Sicilian Expedition of the late fifth century BC. The American intervention in Vietnam ended with the communist North overrunning the South, with the last Americans fleeing by helicopter from the roof of the U. S. embassy in Saigon.