China's New-Era Maritime Security: A Holistic National Security Framework

Chuanang Xu, Jian Zhang, Yanzhe Zhang

• Publisher: Paths Publishing Group
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9781805890539
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book provides a comprehensive examination of how China is redefining its maritime security strategy within the framework of its holistic national security vision. Drawing on historical development, institutional reform, and strategic transformation, it analyses how China' s maritime governance has evolved from fragmented responses to an integrated system that links defence, economy, environment, and diplomacy. The study traces the deep cultural and institutional roots of China' s approach to the ocean and explains how these traditions are being reshaped by contemporary challenges in law, technology, and global governance. Through interdisciplinary analysis, the book presents a clear structure of China' s maritime thinking in the new era and outlines the policy logic behind the construction of a coordinated, sustainable, and enduring maritime security system. It is a key reference for scholars, policymakers, and professionals concerned with maritime affairs, international security, and Chinese strategic studies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contributors:
• Table of Contents
• Perface
• Chapter 1：Kun’s Dream and the Oceanic Map
• Chapter 2：Between Rupture and Continuity – Reconst
• Chapter 3：Expanding Paradigms—Incorporating Mariti
• Chapter 4: Under the Surface Currents — Five Real-
• Chapter 5: Holistic Coordination — A New Interpret
• Chapter 6: Strategic Counterbalance and Breakthrou
• Chapter 7: Strategic Blueprinting — Top-Level Desi
• Chapter 8: Rule-Making Power—China’s Institutional
• Chapter 9: Intelligent Empowerment — The Transform
• Chapter 10: The Maritime Expression of Institution
• Conclusion
• Reference
• Copyright
• Back cover