Naval War College

About: Naval War College is a education organization based out in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: International law & China. The organization has 233 authors who have published 519 publications receiving 6652 citations. The organization is also known as: United States Naval War College & U.S. Naval War College.

Interstate Conflict Management in South America: The Relevance of Overlapping Institutions

Abstract: The objective of this chapter is to analyse existing institutions related to interstate security in South America and their respective roles and to highlight, if so, any overlapping purposes that might contribute to preventing interstate conflicts in the region. To achieve the proposed objective, the chapter is divided into three sections. The first section identifies current interstate conflict management institutions in South America and analyses their purposes and responsibilities. In the second section, some of the main potential conflicts among South American states and the roles of institutions to prevent the onset of armed conflict, or to cause them to be quickly resolved, are addressed. The third, concluding section briefly discusses these institutions’ performance in a regional scenario where interstate peace should prevail.

Conclusion: Swimming against the Tide

Abstract: The authors of this book have striven to present an objective account of international rivalry over river resources in Himalayan Asia. The intensity of conflict has been neither overstated nor understated. Pains have been taken to examine in detail the main drivers of conflict under the labels of irrigation, energy, and diversion imperatives. Additionally, attention has been given to the puzzlingly complex impact on the region’s water resources of climate change; and, by taking a look at three comparable Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) cases, we were able to extract some useful lessons in the art and science of cooperative water (mis)management applicable to Himalayan Asia. We also examined, finally, the potential contribution to the region’s future water security of innovative water technologies. We arrive at the end point in the discussion far from optimistic about the region’s hydro-political future. Among other reasons for our relatively pessimistic inclinations, this region suffers some of the world’s most acute water-scarcity conditions, houses a number of long-standing and seemingly intractable interstate enmities, and, on top of those formidable problems, boasts the most massive and unavoidably conflict-arousing plans for exploiting the region’s water resources to be found anywhere on the planet. We are more convinced than ever, however, that what the Himalayan Asian region needs most to ensure environmental sustainability along with the water security of the billions of people who do now or will in future live there is an uncompromising political commitment to cooperative management of the region’s river basins.

Iran's Nuclear Program: The Right to Nuclear Deterrence, or Illegal Wmd?

Abstract: The clerical regime in the Islamic Republic of Iran steadfastly claims that it is not pursuing nuclear weapons capabilities. The government claims that the nuclear program is intended strictly for civilian energy use. Yet, developments in uranium enrichment and evidence of hidden facilities and inconsistencies in the government’s words and actions point to a different motive. Frequent missile testing also generates much suspicion. Opinions on the ground are mixed about Iran’s right to nuclear power. Western countries, and Israel, adamantly oppose Iran’s nuclear program. The governments of the Persian Gulf Arab states also oppose it. However, the essence of the debate revolves around the question of rights: Does a sovereign state in the modern era have the right to acquire nuclear weapons capabilities, and do other states in the international community have the right to deny this, even though many outspoken states themselves have nuclear weapons? This paper examines the question of the rights of sovereign states, specifically the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), to secure nuclear deterrence, and the viability of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in the post-Cold War era.

Bio-Logging of Marine Migratory Species in the Law of the Sea

Abstract: The use of advanced and emerging remote data-collection technologies, and in particular bio-logging of marine migratory species, raises fundamental questions about the scope of authority of coastal states to regulate marine scientific research in the waters under their jurisdiction. Bio-logging involves the attachment of devices to marine animals that collect and transmit data about their movements and aspects of the local marine environment, and is now routinely used by marine scientists to support conservation programs and augment oceanographic data collection. Tagged marine life, including seabirds, marine mammals, sea turtles and pelagic fishes, may interact unpredictably with the territorial seas and exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of numerous coastal states. This article explores the legal implications of bio-logging within the legal regime of marine scientific research in the law of the sea. Although bio-logging is a form of marine scientific research, when it is initiated outside a coastal state's jurisdiction it does not later fall within it, even if the tagged animals subsequently enters a coastal state's territorial sea or EEZ.

Counter-intervention in Chinese naval strategy

Abstract: The prospect of U.S. military involvement in a regional war looms large in Chinese naval strategy. This article examines the Chinese Navy’s evolving role in countering U.S. military intervention in...