Might s right: China uses military muscle to override legal shortcomings
By Viet Anh April 29, 2021 | 07:55 am GMT+7
Clearly disadvantaged in making South China Sea claims under international law, China s gray zone tactics are thin cover for deploying its muscle power. China s strategy is being implemented with a power-based approach versus a rules-based approach, said Cmdr. Jonathan Odom, Military Professor of International Law, Marshall Center for Security Studies.
He was speaking Tuesday in his personal capacity at a virtual webinar on the Rule of Law and Gray Zone Activities in the East and South China Seas, hosted by Pacific Forum, a non-profit, foreign policy research institute based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the U.S.
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