【英文】韩国智库报告：美中海上冲突情景假设和影响分析（126页）

英文研究报告 2023年03月20日 07:25 管理员

Over the past several years, the U.S.-China strategic competition has been intensifying, with the maritime domain emerging as an arena of U.S.-China strategic competition. Chinese domination of China’s near-seas region—meaning the South China Sea (SCS), the East China Sea (ECS), the Taiwan Strait, and the West Sea—could cause great harm to the peace and stability of the Indo-Pacific region, which accounts for about 60 percent of the world's maritime trade. Unlike conflicts on land that are less likely to occur but can quickly escalate into full-scale warfare, maritime conflicts tend to be limited warfare but more frequent.

This book addresses the conflict scenarios of the U.S.-China conflicts at sea and their implications. It is both timely and relevant, if not urgent. I am confident that readers from both Korea and overseas will find this book extremely helpful in understanding the importance of maritime security. The Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy (KIMS) is a private non-profit think tank, founded upon the principle of raising awareness of the importance of the sea, contributing to the development of sound maritime policy and ultimately working towards a more secure and peaceful world. For this purpose, the institute seeks to identify and analyze some of the latest and pressing issues pertaining to the maritime domain.