Christian Wirth

Bio: Christian Wirth is an academic researcher from German Institute of Global and Area Studies. The author has contributed to research in topics: China & International relations. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 14 publications receiving 83 citations. Previous affiliations of Christian Wirth include Griffith University & Waseda University.

Emotions, international hierarchy, and the problem of solipsism in Sino-US South China Sea politics

Abstract: This study offers an explanation for Beijing’s seemingly self-defeating approach to the South China Sea that distances China ever more from the regional and international communities which it wants...

Ocean governance, maritime security and the consequences of modernity in Northeast Asia

Abstract: High economic growth rates, the revolution in telecommunications and the end of the Cold War have brought about rapid and profound changes to the domestic as well as regional environments of Northeast Asian governments. The maritime sphere, where increasingly militarized state boundaries delineate political authority and economic activities link increasingly interdependent communities therein, bears high significance for the study of regional cooperation. This paper looks at how the maritime sphere of Northeast Asia is represented in common political and academic discourses of international relations. It finds that maritime affairs are firmly cast in the language of national security, and that empirical evidence against perceived threats and related security imperatives is often neglected if not completely ignored. The paper argues that the maritime space, due to its special character, has become the stage on which the consequences of modernity appear particularly strong. The relentless quest to ...

Whose 'Freedom of Navigation'? Australia, China, the United States and the making of order in the 'Indo-Pacific'

Abstract: The so-called freedom of navigation through the Malacca straits and the South China Sea, some of the world’s busiest trade routes, has long been of concern to scholars and practitioners of internat...

China, Japan, and East Asian regional cooperation: the views of ‘self’ and ‘other’ from Beijing and Tokyo

Abstract: China–Japan relations are frequently analyzed either in the light of disputes about different interpretations of history, the consequence of a strategic power shift in the Asia-Pacific resulting from the rise of China or as a conflict between Chinese and Japanese national identities. This paper argues that bilateral relations should be assessed on the basis of a comprehensive approach. It concludes that the current state of bilateral relations can be understood as the result of identity crises of the political systems in Beijing and Tokyo. Owing to the rapidly changing environment in East Asia and their inherent conservative natures, both political systems’ perceptions and policies lag behind present realities. This renders it difficult for them to effectively address important domestic and international problems and consequently affects bilateral relations negatively as it complicates the accurate redefinition of the representation of ‘self’ and ‘other’ with regard to foreign relations.

Economic and social commission for asia and the pacific

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