Navies in Violent Peace

Cable, James

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“…Earlier studies can be traced as far back as the 19th century, with Mahan (1898) works emphasizing how the sea can advance one's national interests. Following the development of naval warfare during the World Wars, Cable (1989Cable ( , 1994) "Gunboat Diplomacy" attracted scholars to identify how diplomacy can also take the form of naval ships conducting certain maneuvers to achieve a pre-determined diplomatic goal. Consequently, most of the following studies include an evaluation of the strategic utility of military hard power assets (navies) and how it is utilized by state actors (Alderwick and Giegerich, 2010;Percy, 2016;Till, 2018).…”

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Deciphering the maritime diplomatic properties of Malaysia's oil and gas explorations in the South China Sea

Putra

2023

Front. Polit. Sci.

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Studies in maritime diplomacy have treated the development of oil and gas explorations in the South China Sea as taken-for-granted events. On the contrary, this study argues that assessing the maritime diplomatic properties inherent in energy reserve explorations can reveal unique insights, motivations, and significance of maritime diplomatic events. It assesses Malaysia's oil and gas explorations in the Luconia Shoals, informed by the analytical framework of Le Mière's maritime diplomatic properties. Utilizing secondary data from the Asian Maritime Transparency Initiative between 2020 and 2023 related to Malaysia's oil and gas project developments in the Luconia Shoals, this article concludes that the maritime diplomatic events consist of the following characteristics: (1) pre-emptive and sustainment, underlining Malaysia's long-term plan of fulfilling the growing domestic energy demand, (2) explicitness of the messages transmitted to Chinese officials in order to repel any possibilities of adversaries misconstruing Malaysia's actions at sea, and (3) moderate kinetic effect due to the lethal weaponry at the disposal of the hard power assets deployed to handle occurring crisis. Evaluation of Malaysia's maritime diplomatic properties also reveals two worrying conclusions: (1) the existence of reactive events, which can cause disruptions at sea due to the lack of planning related to the actions taken by the Royal Malaysian Navy, and (2) asymmetrical power relations between China and Malaysia, predicted to cause China to continue its power projections at sea and aggravate Malaysian policymakers.

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Deciphering the maritime diplomatic properties of Malaysia's oil and gas explorations in the South China Sea

Putra

2023

Front. Polit. Sci.

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“…In a meeting with US officials, Brynildsen expressed his doubts about the influence that Sison holds in the NDFP, stating that in 2010 the NDFP leadership in the Philippines refused to abide by Sison's commitment to formal talks. 555 Sison condemned Brynildsen's disclosures on his website, but when discussing the issue in person he appeared to take it less seriously. 556 While one must be careful not to read too much into this particular incident, it does shed some light on how the Norwegians really feel about the two parties in the peace process.…”

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Interests, identity and nordicity explaining Norwegian mediation efforts

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If the purpose of IR theory is to aid our understanding of the major events and problems facing us today, then it is imperative that events are not simplified purely for the sake of theory. All potentially relevant resources must be considered, regardless of the theoretical tradition in which they are rooted. It is entirely possible that there are problems, which can be viewed and understood, through the lens of one school of thought alone, yet the reality of more complex problems, which do not fit into a particular box, must be acknowledged. Sil and Katzenstein, exponents of 'analytic eclecticism,' 59 acknowledge the limitations of viewing problems through a single theoretical lens. They describe analytic eclecticism as "a means for social scientists to guard against the risks of excessive reliance on a single analytic framework and the simplifying assumptions that come with it." 60 Sil and Katzenstein argue that "analytic eclecticism increases the chance that scholars and other actors will hit upon hidden connections and new insights that elude us when we simplify the world for the sole purpose of analyzing it through a single theoretical lens." 61 Fearon and Wendt reinforce this argument stating that the most interesting research is likely to be that, which cuts across the rationalist/constructivist boundary. 62 They argue that structuring IR as a "battle of analytical paradigms" can lead to scholars being method-driven rather than problem-driven in their approach which can in turn result in important questions or answers being ignored if they do not fit in with the "preferred paradigmatic fashion." 63 This is particularly pertinent in the case of the decision-making processes behind Norway's interventions in intra-state conflicts, as attempts to view this through one or other theoretical framework have failed to provide convincing explanations. The ways in which this approach will be applied in the context of this study are described in detail in the conceptual framework, laid out in Chapter Two.

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Principles and Precedents

Cable¹

1994

Gunboat Diplomacy 1919–1991

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Navies in Violent Peace

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Deciphering the maritime diplomatic properties of Malaysia's oil and gas explorations in the South China Sea

Deciphering the maritime diplomatic properties of Malaysia's oil and gas explorations in the South China Sea

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