Warring in North East Asia: Possible Scenarios

... risks are lesser in unpopulated ocean spaces, effectively lowering the threshold for military decisions. Northeast Asia’s main conflict potential is concentrated in the East China Sea, where China and Japan are the key antagonists contesting the Senkaku (Diaoyu in Chinese) Islands and the delimitation of the exclusive economic zones. Worsening symptoms and escalating tensions are on hand. In 2012, China was extremely harsh in its reaction to the decision of the Japanese government to nationalize ...