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<p>Part I: Framework.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Law of the Sea and its Relevance for Maritime Conflicts in East Asia.- Part II: Security Dimensions.- Chapter 3: Unmanned maritime platforms and the undersea struggle in the South China.- Chapter 4: Low Intensity Maritime Conflicts, Escalation Management and Technology.- Chapter 5: Military Automation, Robotics, and Maritime Security, Understanding New Dynamics in Conflict Escalation.- Part III: East Asian Maritime Competition and the Arctic.- Chapter 6: The Impact of Russia’s Ukraine Invasion on the Arctic-From Cooperation to Conflict?.- Chapter 7: China’s Arctic Strategy, From Follow-up to “Creative Involvement”.- Chapter 8: Japan’s Arctic Strategy, Countering East Asian Maritime Insecurity and Competition with China.- Part IV: Seabed Mining.- Chapter 9: Rare and Infinite The Minami-torishima “Semi-infinite” Rare Earth Elements and the historical dynamics of Deep-Sea Mining.- Chapter 10: Japan’s Seabed Mining as a Cause and Result of East Asian Maritime Tensions.- Chapter 11: Limited semi-infinity Japan's deepsea resources against the backdrop of China's rare earth.- Part V: Fishing and Renewable Energy.- Chapter 12: China's Digitalised Fishery Reform and Its Implications on the East Asian Maritime Order.- Chapter 13: Japan's New Whaling Policy, Marine Management in an Evolving Security and Technological Setting.- Chapter 14: Offshore Wind in Japan, Energy Production and Conflict Reduction?.- Part VI: Conclusions.- Chapter 15: Conclusions.</p>

<p><strong>Paul Midford&nbsp;</strong>is Professor of Political Science, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan.</p>

<p><strong>Jennifer L. Bailey&nbsp;</strong>is Professor of Political Science, Norwegian University of Science&nbsp;and Technology (NTNU), Norway.</p>

<p><strong>Katja Levy&nbsp;</strong>is Associate Professor of Political Science, Norwegian University of&nbsp;Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway.</p>

<p><strong>Espen Moe</strong>&nbsp;is Professor of Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and&nbsp;Technology (NTNU), Norway.</p>

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<p>“This volume brings together leading experts to examine the potentials for maritime conflict and cooperation in a region where geopolitical rivalries are intensifying. I highly recommend it to scholars, practitioners, and students alike.”</p>

<p>—<strong>Miranda A. Schreurs</strong>, Professor, Technical University of Munich.</p>

<p>“With an original approach to maritime conflicts that focuses on the&nbsp;effects of technological and environmental change, this is a must-read for anyone&nbsp;interested in East Asian peace and security!”</p>

<p>— <strong>Stein Tønnesson</strong>, Research Professor Emeritus, Peace Research</p>

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<p>“A crucial read for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of maritime conflicts in East Asia and their&nbsp;broader global implications.”</p>

<p>—<strong>Yurika Ishii</strong>, Associate Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan</p>

<p>“The volume offers multi-disciplinary perspectives that reach across disciplinary&nbsp;boundaries and connect perspectivesfrom natural sciences and engineering to&nbsp;social sciences and policy.”</p>

<p>—<strong>Clive Schofield</strong>, Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia</p>

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<p>As technological development and diffusion have greatly increased the resources&nbsp;states can recover from maritime space, the stakes of these conflicts have grown.&nbsp;Nowhere is this clearer than in East Asia.&nbsp;This book examines how technological&nbsp;change and diffusion impact East Asian maritime conflicts, and approaches for&nbsp;conflict management and resolution.</p>

<p><strong>Paul Midford </strong>is Professor of Political Science, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan.</p>

<p><strong>Jennifer L. Bailey </strong>is Professor of Political Science, Norwegian University of Science&nbsp;and Technology (NTNU), Norway.</p>

<p><strong>Katja Levy </strong>is Associate Professor of Political Science, Norwegian University of&nbsp;Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway.</p>

<p><strong>Espen Moe</strong> is Professor of Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and&nbsp;Technology (NTNU), Norway.</p>

Focuses on maritime tensions in East Asia Addresses the question of how patterns of conflict and cooperation in East Asia Considers East Asia as a subsystem of international politics

<p>This book takes an original approach to maritime conflicts by focusing on the effects of technological and environmental change. A must-read for anyone interested in East Asian peace and security!</p>

<p>—<b>Stein Tønnesson</b>,&nbsp;Research Professor Emeritus,&nbsp;Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>This book presents an insightful and timely exploration of the intricate dynamics shaping maritime spaces in East Asia. There have been the escalating stakes in maritime conflicts due to rapid technological advancement and diffusion, underscored by China's rise as a global superpower. The volume adeptly captures how advancements in technology are influencing territorial disputes and the geopolitical landscape from the perspectives of security. The chapters, contributed by distinguished authors from diverse fields and countries, skillfully intertwine theoretical frameworks like realism, constructivism, and neoliberal institutionalism, providing a multidimensional perspective on the issues. Additionally, the book delves into the political and environmental ramifications of emerging technologies, including unmanned vehicles, satellite-directed fishing fleets, and deep offshore wind power. It is a crucial read for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of maritime conflicts in East Asia and their broader global implications.<p></p>

<p>—<b>Yurika Ishii</b>,&nbsp;Associate Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan.</p><p><br></p><p></p><p>At a time when the oceans are increasingly recognised as being vital yet also vulnerable as marine environments, habitats and biodiversity are threatened by diverse new activities and more intense exploitation, this volume could not be more timely. The contributions to the book critically engage with a range of increasingly urgent issues that are highly likely to impact on the hitherto intractable maritime conflicts in East Asia. In tackling the way in which new and emerging technologies once facilitate fresh activities in the oceans as well as offering enhanced means for surveillance and enforcement offshore, insights are provided on a range of vitally important issue areas from seabed mining to marine robotics and autonomous vehicles to the growth of offshore renewable technologies. All of these developments are pertinent to the managing disputed East Asian waters where the new technologies have the potential to both assist in helping to deliver good ocean governance to&nbsp; these contested ocean spaces or act as flashpoints for future conflict. This edited collection brings together an excellent group of scholars from both within and beyond East Asia who offer multi-disciplinary perspectives in keeping with the aim of the project from which the volume sprang to reach across disciplinary boundaries and connect perspectives from natural sciences and engineering to social sciences and policy.</p>

<p>—<b>Clive Schofield</b>,&nbsp;Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia.</p><p>The East Asian seas are an area of intensifying security and environmental concern as technological developments expand the potential for marine resource extraction and offshore energy production and climate change alters the accessibility of the Arctic. In a region with many contested territorial claims, the potential for heightened maritime conflict and environmental degradation cannot be ignored. This volume brings together leading experts to examine the potentials for maritime conflict and cooperation in a region where historical legacies continue to cast long shadows and geopolitical rivalries appear to be intensifying. I can highly recommend this book to scholars, practitioners, and students alike.</p><p>—<b>Miranda A. Schreurs</b>, Professor of Environment and Climate Policy, Technical University of Munich.</p><p></p>