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The South China Sea’s worsening strategic dilemmas
Posted By Peter Layton on December 6, 2016 @ 06:00
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[1] from 2011: http://dfat.gov.au/geo/united-states-of-america/ausmin/Pages/ausmin-joint-communique-2011.aspx
[2] today: http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/2016/10/27/minister-for-defence-the-fourth-indonesia-australia-foreign-and-defence-ministers-22-dialogue/
[3] more assertive: http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/web/rielcano_en/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_in/zonas_in/asia-pacific/ari60-2015-chinas-growing-assertiveness-in-the-south-china-sea
[4] Alternative futures: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/anzus-trumpland-seen-coming/
[5] binding preventive diplomacy measure: http://apjjf.org/2012/10/34/Carlyle-A.-Thayer/3813/article.html
[6] hoped-for target date: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/11/18/scs-workshop-produces-cooperation-agreements.html
[7] long argued: http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjbxw/t1350776.shtml
[8] international agreements: http://theconversation.com/why-china-wont-back-off-the-south-china-sea-whatever-the-world-might-say-62248
[9] isn’t a multilateral issue: http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323324904579042742806878158
[10] embrace the PRC’s South China Sea stance: http://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2016/11/23/why-asean-needs-jakartas-leadership-more-than-ever-1479866110.html
[11] periodic Freedom of Navigation Operations: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-usa-exclusive-idUSKCN12L1O9
[12] new large Coast Guard ships: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/838745.shtml
[13] six large islands: https://amti.csis.org/island-tracker/chinese-occupied-features/
[14] substantial airbases: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37031049
[15] sizeable electronic surveillance installations: https://amti.csis.org/another-piece-of-the-puzzle/
[16] now easily enforce: http://breakingdefense.com/2016/04/chinese-scarborough-shoal-base-would-threaten-manila/
[17] shows little desire: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/11/17/commentary/world-commentary/trump-mean-south-china-sea-dispute/#.WDUO_qKF6V4
[18] may be ways: https://www.lowyinterpreter.org/the-interpreter/south-china-sea-beijing-winning-heres-how-retake-initiative
[19] some of these nations: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/04/28/heres-why-jakarta-doesnt-push-back-when-china-barges-into-indonesian-waters/