Gelgite Bayrak Dikmek: Doğu ve Güney Çin Denizi’nde Egemenlik, Çevreleme ve Çatışma Çözümü

Abstract

Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nin stratejik çıkarları Asya’ya yönelirken, Çin’in ekonomik ve askeri gücü küresel politikayı dönüştürmektedir. Bu arada, Doğu ve Güney Çin Denizlerindeki sınırlar ve adalar üzerindeki ihtilaflar, bölgedeki polis ve orduları karşı karşıya getirmektedir. Bu makale, Güney Çin Denizi’ndeki egemenlik meseleleri üzerine olan söylemleri konu etmektedir. Makale uluslararası hukuk, çoktaraflılık ve geleneksel diplomasinin ihtilaf çerçevesinde oynadıkları rollere değinmekte ve ihtilafın gerek Çin’in gelecekteki diplomasisi gerekse geleneksel normları olan müdahale etmeme ve barışçıl yükseliş için nasıl * Associate Professor, Department of Government, California State University, Sacramento, [e-mail] test vakası olduğuna işaret etmetedir. Çalışma son olarak çatışmaların çözümü için öneriler getirerek, ihtilaflı ancak üzerinde yerleşim olmayan deniz sınırları için teritoryal ve ulusal olmayan aidiyet fikirleri üzerinde duracaktır.

Keywords

• Çin
• Güney Çin Denizi
• adalar üzerinde hak iddiaları deniz hukuku
• Doğu Asya çoktaraflılığı

Planting Flags on the Tide: Sovereignty, Containment, and Conflict Resolution in the East and South China Seas

Abstract

The rise of China’s economic and military power is transforming global politics while U.S. strategic interests are re-balancing toward Asia. Meanwhile, tensions over maritime boundaries and island claims within the region are punctuated by police and military stand-offs in the East and South China Seas. This paper considers the discourse surrounding the dispute over sovereignty in the South China Sea. It also examines the roles international law, multilateralism, and traditional diplomacy play in the conflict, and how it serves as a test case for China’s future diplomacy and traditional norms of non-interference and a peaceful rise. Finally, the paper suggests pathways toward conflict resolution of the immediate disputes, including de-territorialized and de-nationalized ideas of possession when it applies to contested yet uninhabited maritime frontiers.

Keywords

• China
• South China Sea
• island claims
• law of the sea
• East Asian multilateralism

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