Whose 'Freedom of Navigation'? Australia, China, the United States and the making of order in the 'Indo-Pacific'.

The so-called freedom of navigation through the Malacca straits and the South China Sea, some of the world's busiest trade routes, has long been of concern to scholars and practitioners of international politics in the region. Increasing tensions around territorial disputes recently propelled the is...

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Publicado en:Pacific Review Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 475 - 505
Autor principal: Wirth, Christian
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul2019
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