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Dire Straits: Competing Security Priorities in the South China Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

David Rosenberg
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From the Taiwan Strait to the Strait of Malacca, security concerns are growing around the South China Sea. While the Bush Administration sees a resurgent Chinese military threat across the Taiwan Strait and a terrorist threat in the Strait of Malacca, many countries between the Straits are more concerned about security for their maritime resources from the threats of competitors, traffickers, poachers, and pirates.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , April 2005 , e7
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