China's November 2013 ADIZ declaration in the East China Sea - Significance, Strategic Motivations, and the Implications for Regional Security.

2020 Fiscal Year Research-status Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K13425
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: フォックス セナンジェームス 金沢大学, 歴史言語文化学系, 准教授 (10708564)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: ADIZ / China / Japan / South Korea / East China Sea

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

To date, I have spent most of my available time researching and tracking down relevant literature (key words: Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), East China Sea, China, Japan, South Korea etc.) such as journal articles (over 50) from the JSTOR journal archive, Research Map, and so forth. I have also completed a lot of reading from available online sources such as the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) via the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Brookings Institute, the US government's Congressional Research Service (CRS) and Library of Congress, the Rand Corporation as well as official statements from the Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean governments. The research collection includes research institutes and think tanks inside China, Japan, and South Korea as well as details of experts and scholars whom I intend to meet, interview, and collaborate with during research trips to China, South Korea, and Tokyo (when it is safe to travel again after the COVID-19 pandemic has passed). I have also commenced writing as well as planning the research draft and have used the services of an editor and proofreader to assist in my writing. This extensive reading and its related writing plan is also very useful in terms of laying the groundwork for the aforementioned research trips later in 2021 or 2022 (depending on the COVID-19 situation).

Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

The research is progress rather smoothly in terms of locating relevant sources (as discussed above) as well as in terms of planning for research trips. I have also been able to write a significant amount and to carefully lay out the research writings in a coherent way. The COVID-19 situation and the inability to travel to Tokyo or China or South Korea has complicated the research trip aspect of my project but it has not created a serious problem in terms of my completion schedule.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

The next phase of my research plan involves adding new reading materials to written work that I have completed up to now, and polishing up current writings as well as the structure of my current research draft.
Due to the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic situation appears to be getting better in countries where vaccinations have commenced, I am optimistic that my research trips can be realised in late 2021 or sometime in 2022 (depending on the COVID-19 situation). My research plans are still largely consistent with the information that I wrote in my original kakenhi research application.

Causes of Carryover

I was able to spend less than expected due to locating a more economical option.