Overview
Overview: China-South China Sea policies raise a number of very tough national security issues:
Freedom of navigation policy
Conflicting views of international law
Resource-driven maritime border disputes with a U.S. ally (the Philippines) as well as a non-ally partner, Vietnam
- Potential existential issues affecting Taiwan, a political entity with which the U.S. has a long-standing but purposefully ambiguous defense relationship
- Free marine traffic through one of the world’s most important shipping lanes
- The interests of regional partners and allies immediately outside the potential conflict areas.
- Instructions: Review the module's learning materials and your notes on the lectures.
- Choose one of these issues above.
- Write a brief description the issue and the crux of U.S. interests that must be protected with respect to that issue.