The Return of Gunboat Diplomacy

Miére, Christian Le

doi:10.1080/00396338.2011.621634

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“…It was Le Mière's conception of maritime diplomacy that studies started to perceive international sea relations as not confined to military assets. He argued that maritime diplomacy can be undertaken by government and non-government agencies, as well as by civilian and military agencies (Le Mière, 2011). Therefore, he argued that understanding maritime diplomacy can also include an assessment of stakeholders besides navies.…”

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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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“…La diplomacia es un arte que articula habilidades sociales, comunicativas y resolutivas para la búsqueda y logro de intereses nacionales, en los que se requiere la acción o la abstención de otros actores, sin la necesidad de utilizar la fuerza o la violencia. Aunque en ocasiones ciertos aspectos de la diplomacia pueden implicar la amenaza del uso de la fuerza, como en la denominada diplomacia de las cañoneras (Le Mière, 2011;Mandel, 1986), el cautivar a través de palabras y actitudes es tan antigua como lo son las sociedades humanas, puesto que sus orígenes se encuentran en los emisarios enviados por una organización política, con el fin de facilitar el comercio, evitar la guerra o realizar alianzas.…”

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Intereses nacionales y diplomacia de defensa. Aportes para la formulación de la política exterior colombiana

Calderón

Villalba-Garcia

Fernandez-Osorio

2022

rev. Logos cienc. tecnol.

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Este artículo explora los aportes de las Fuerzas Militares a la formulación de la política exterior en Colombia por medio de la diplomacia de defensa, argumentándose que es un elemento fundamental en las relaciones exteriores y que contribuye al entendimiento y mitigación de los factores de inestabilidad exógenos que afectan la consecución de los intereses nacionales. A través de una metodología de estudio de caso se analizan los componentes de la gran estrategia nacional, se examinan los antecedentes y proyecciones de la diplomacia de defensa como herramienta del decisor político. De igual forma, se analiza el concepto de intereses nacionales y su relación con el establecimiento de un derrotero de las decisiones estatales; y se exploran las posibilidades de empleo de la diplomacia de defensa en la búsqueda del bien común. Finalmente se concluye que la diplomacia de defensa es una herramienta necesaria para garantizar la supervivencia del Estado ante las complejidades que presupone un mundo cambiante e interconectado.

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“…The diplomatic potential of navies has long been recognized by nations and can be traced back to the heritage of colonial powers that would dispatch their fleets to boost their prestige and to influence events ashore (Davidson ). While some argue that the use of coercive diplomacy is a thing of the past, others see an increasing need in an era in which the focus of the USN is shifting away from large‐scale conflicts (Nailor ; Booth ; Ghosh ; Le Mière ).…”

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The Soft Power Currencies of US Navy Hospital Ship Missions

Förster

2013

Int Stud Perspect

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The Tsunami in South‐East Asia in 2004 prompted the largest military disaster response in history. Encouraged by the success, increasing attention has been paid to the various humanitarian assistance and disaster relief activities conducted by US armed forces. Since 2006, the US Navy deploys one of its two large hospital ships in annual missions to either Central and South America or the Asia–Pacific region to provide people in need with free care. These missions offer many opportunities to increase the soft power capital of the United States by forging ties with host nation governments and improving the image of the United States within the local population. However, this article argues that we need more research on the impact of humanitarian assistance to justify a continuation in a fiscally constrained environment.

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The Return of Gunboat Diplomacy

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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

Intereses nacionales y diplomacia de defensa. Aportes para la formulación de la política exterior colombiana

The Soft Power Currencies of US Navy Hospital Ship Missions

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