James Borton

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James Borton is a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins/SAIS Foreign Policy Institue and the author of the forthcoming book, Harvesting the Waves: How Blue Parks Shape Policy, Politics and Peacebuilding in the South China Sea.

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From Crisis to Cooperation: A Mediterranean Blueprint for the South China Sea

Authors: James Borton and Vu Hai Dang* It was 1975, and the Mediterranean—cradle of civilizations, muse to poets, and lifeblood to millions—was in trouble. The...

Turning Tides: Climate Change Watershed Prompts Reevaluation of Nuclear Energy and Deep-Sea Mining

Energy policy and environmentalism have long proven to be ideological battlegrounds, with frequent rifts over offshore drilling, gas pipelines, wind farms, hydropower, and nuclear...

Lessons from Blue Parks in the Mediterranean for Red Lines in the South China Sea

Climate change is creating a marine conservation emergency, and the first signs of this happening can be seen in intricately linked oceans. Take for example...

Environmental and political reconciliation needed for the South China Sea

The South China Sea is a unique natural laboratory for ocean research and exploration. And yet, this rifted basin, dotted with atolls, coral reefs...

Vietnam continues its miracle through higher education

Vietnam’s declaration to open up,in mid-June 2020 was hailed around the world as a model in the fight against the Covid 19 pandemic. For...

Vietnam Fisheries Brace for EU Yellow Card Review

The tides wait for no one and each day fisheries, particularly those closest to the shores, are over-fished and harmed by industrialization. For emerging economies like...

Science Policy Holds Promise in the South China Sea

Scientific cooperation may succeed in de-escalating the current tensions in the tumultuous area of the South China Sea. This in spite of White House...

Using science diplomacy in the South China Sea

Despite White House efforts to deny well-established climate change reports and U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, most might question the wisdom...

Managing the South China Sea: Where Policy Meets Science

The South China Sea is in a crisis. The problems facing the sea are as vast, deep and seemingly intractable as the oceans themselves....

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