Information Statecraft in the United States Competition Space: Countering China in the South Pacific

Abstract

The United States no longer enjoys a monopoly on global sea control. China, the main pacing threat, continues encroachment by leveraging multiple instruments of power to expand claims and control in the South and East China Seas. China's manipulation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea norms along with its rejection of arbitrational rulings is disturbing. To counter, the United States has expanded its power in multiple domains as it seeks to outpace China. However, it has neglected to support legal warfare, or lawfare, within its information competition. The use of legal instruments of power is not new in great power competition. The use of additional domains to support it, such as space, cyberspace further complicate the US strategic response.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 07, 2021
Accession Number
AD1178003

Entities

People

  • William E. Harley

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Intelligence Surveillance And Reconnaissance
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • Law
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Legality in Cyberspace
  • Space