Isaac Kardon
Isaac B. Kardon is a Contract Researcher at the Center for Strategic Research at National Defense University’s Institute for National Strategic Studies. The views expressed are his own and do not reflect the official policy or position of the National Defense University, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. government. INSS Distinguished Research Fellow Phillip C. Saunders and INSS China Security Fellow Michael Glosny provided helpful comments.
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Hainan Revises Fishing Regulations in South China Sea: New Language, Old Ambiguities
On November 29 of last year, Hainan’s legislature approved revised measures (banfa) for implementing the PRC Fisheries Law. Unlike earlier provincial fisheries regulations, the new measures single out “foreigners and...
China’s Emerging Debate on Military Transparency
A reconsideration of traditionally skeptical attitudes about military transparency appears to be underway in China. Whereas Beijing formerly rejected Western calls for greater military transparency—arguing that transparency benefits the strong...