Geopolitics of China: A Camouflaged Sea Power

Geography is often over looked in Foreign Policy, but its deterministic factor in remapping of nations and resource control that has elevated its role to date. Defining trade routes through geography has led nations like China to rethink their maritime policy established to forbid sea faring. With new threats of insecurity like piracy, natural disasters and the quest for abundance of resources, China ought to redefine its policy towards maritime strategy. Often terms as a land power due to its land mass, population and thirteen bordering nations, China has re-emerge to be noticed by former sea powers especially in the western hemisphere. Will China finally accept to be only viewed as a sea power or will it embrace both titles and become a leader in the region?

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Margaret Achieng est une professionnelle des relations internationales, avec une politique étrangère. En tant qu'analyste politique, elle utilise la géopolitique pour analyser le processus de prise de décision en matière de politique étrangère et la manière dont il influence les crises mondiales actuelles et les solutions favorables à la transformation.