The complexity of the international system

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the stated challenges and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1974 and 1978, spanning 2 journals.

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Have U.S. security interests really been sacrificed?: A reply to Admiral Hill (1977) · Ocean Development & International Law · doi

  The complexity of the international system. The need to reconcile U.S. ocean security interests with Latin American ocean policies. The challenge of circumscribing and ranking U.S. ocean security interests in terms of real essentials.

  generalstated challenges
  Keywords: complexity international system need reconcile ocean security interests
• Transit rights and U.S. security interests in international straits: The “straits debate”; revisited (1978) · Ocean Development & International Law · doi

  The conflict between states attempting to appropriate traditional high-seas area as national territority and those supporting a policy of unrestricted transit through ocean space, - The need for access to straits will dominate military-security interests in the evolving maritime regime

  generalstated challenges
  Keywords: conflict between states attempting appropriate traditional high-seas area
• U.S. Security Interests in Ocean Law (1974) · Ocean Development & International Law · doi

  The paper identifies a gap in the current understanding of U.S. security interests in the developing laws and practices concerning the use of ocean space. The paper identifies a need for reassessing U.S. security interests in the use of ocean space.

  generalstated research gap
  Keywords: paper identifies gap current understanding security interests developing
• U.S. Security Interests in Ocean Law (1974) · Ocean Development & International Law · doi

  The U.S. must balance its security interests with the need to maintain harmonious working relations with the less developed coastal States of the world. The U.S. must consider the effects of different ocean regimes on its strategic nuclear interests. The U.S. must navigate the complexities of international law and diplomacy in the use of ocean space.

  generalstated challenges
  Keywords: must balance security interests need maintain harmonious working
• US-Soviet-Chinese Relations : Strategic Impact on S. Asia and Indian Ocean (1976) · China Report · doi

  The paper identifies a gap in the analysis of the strategic implications of US-Soviet-Chinese relations on South Asia and the Indian Ocean. The region is vulnerable to competition between the US, Soviet Union, and China, and there is a need to understand the potential pressures and risks.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: paper identifies gap analysis strategic implications us-soviet-chinese relations

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