Island-Building in the Spratlys: Challenging the International Order in the South China Sea

June 2015

Past Event

Island-Building in the Spratlys: Challenging the International Order in the South China Sea

Past Event

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

June 19, 2015

June 2015

Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

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Speakers:

Patrick Cronin

Senior Advisor & Senior Director, Asia-Pacific Security Program, Center for a New American Security

Paul Giarra

President, Global Strategies & Transformation

Michael Frodl

Founder and Head, C-LEVEL Maritime Risks

Tensions have risen in the South China Sea as China undertakes a campaign to convert reefs into islands among the disputed Spratly Islands. While the U.S. has sent a naval reconnaissance patrol plane over the site, China has asserted territorial claims and reportedly placed artillery on some of the newly created real estate.

On the morning of June 19, Patrick Cronin, Paul Giarra, and Michael Frodl joined Hudson Senior Fellow Seth Cropsey for a discussion on the roots of the current situation, its strategic and commercial implications, and U.S. policy options to balance this challenge to the international order.

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