Isaac B. Kardon is senior fellow for China studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He was formerly assistant professor at the U.S. Naval War College’s China Maritime Studies Institute. He is also a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and an associate in research at Harvard’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.
“Scholars and practitioners in international law of the sea and
China’s international relations will find the meticulous
examination beneficial.”—Aixin Yu and Tsung-Han Tai, International
Journal of Marine and Coastal Law
“Kardon seeks to correct a common misconception about China’s
expansive maritime claims. Rather than simply flouting laws,
the PRC has sought to minimize the weight of existing laws and
shape new ones through its activities. The volume is a
carefully argued and brilliant contribution to scholarship on the
evolution of ‘global order.’”—Margaret M. Pearson, University of
Maryland, College Park
“Now that China has the world’s largest navy, is it really a threat
to the rules-based maritime order? Those who share this concern
will find China’s Law of the Sea an essential analysis of Beijing’s
practice as well as theory.”—Jerome A. Cohen, Council on Foreign
Relations
“China’s maritime reach and activity will continue to be components
of its ambition and power. Isaac Kardon’s perspectives and keen
insight into China’s view of maritime order are unmatched. China’s
Law of the Sea is an essential read for everyone who depends on the
maritime domain and for all who ponder China’s approach to regional
and global order.”—Gary Roughead, Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired), and
former U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations
“China’s contested maritime claims are a potential flashpoint for
Asian conflict. Isaac Kardon systematically explains how China, in
pursuing those claims, manipulates, disregards, or violates
international legal norms in ways that could have global
implications.”—Thomas J. Christensen, Columbia University and
former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
“China’s rise as a maritime power is a defining element of its
ascent. In this carefully researched and insightful book, Kardon
documents China’s distinctive approach to the law of the sea that
combines legal interpretations, bureaucratic mobilization, and
maritime forces on the water. China’s Law of the Sea is a terrific
contribution to the literature that illuminates China’s challenge
to the international maritime order in East Asia and beyond.”—M.
Taylor Fravel, director of the Security Studies Program,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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