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It is the policy of the Chinese Communist Party that the country should become a great maritime power. In this article, Martin N Murphy and Peter Roberts provide an overview of what this means militarily, where China is laying down a challenge to the US and its regional neighbours, where it is falling short, and what this has to do with Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores Jeune Ecole, an approach that emerged during the 1870s which deals with the French navy's inferiority to its rival, the British Royal Navy. Noted is the implication of China's control over Asian waters and major shipping lanes for the global economic standing of Beijing. Also offered are some views regarding two theories concerning naval strategy and tactics, namely the Soviet Young School and Mao's people's war. Described also are the evolutions of the Jeune Ecole.

Maritime violence perpetrated by non-state actors is a feature of the Indian Ocean. This includes the piracy, which has occurred most prominently off Somalia but also in the waters of Bangladesh, India and Indonesia, and terrorism perpetrated by al-Qaeda, the Tamil separatist movement in Sri Lanka, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and the Pakistani Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) against the Indian city of Mumbai. This paper aims to chart why opportunities for non-state actors to use violence to advance their interests may continue across the region. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]