The South China Sea Dispute: Navigating Diplomatic and Strategic Tensions

Increasing tensions in the South China Sea have propelled the dispute to the top of the Asia-Pacific's security agenda. Fuelled by rising nationalism over ownership of disputed atolls, growing competition over natural resources, strident assertions of their maritime rights by China and the Southeast Asian claimants, the rapid modernization of regional armed forces and worsening geopolitical rivalries among the Great Powers, the South China Sea will remain an area of diplomatic wrangling and potential conflict for the foreseeable future. Featuring some of the world's leading experts on Asian security, this volume explores the central drivers of the dispute and examines the positions and policies of the main actors, including China, Taiwan, the Southeast Asian claimants, America and Japan. The South China Sea Dispute: Navigating Diplomatic and Strategic Tensions provides readers with the key to understanding how this most complex and contentious dispute is shaping the regional security environment.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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About the Contributors
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1 - Introduction
pp 1-20
- By Ian Storey, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore, Cheng-Yi Lin, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
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2 - Untangling a Complex Web: Understanding Competing Maritime Claims in the South China Sea
pp 21-46
- By Clive Schofield, University of Wollongong (UOW)
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3 - China Debates the South China Sea Dispute
pp 47-73
- By Ming Jiang Li, Boston University
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4 - Taiwan's Evolving Policy towards the South China Sea Dispute, 1992–2016
pp 74-103
- By Anne Hsiu-An Hsiao, University in Taiwan, Cheng-Yi Lin, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
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5 - The South China Sea: Primary Contradictions in China–Southeast Asia Relations
pp 104-133
- By Alice D. Ba, University of Delaware
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6 - Rising Tensions in the South China Sea: Southeast Asian Responses
pp 134-160
- By Ian Storey, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore
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7 - The Philippines and the South China Sea Dispute: Security Interests and Perspectives
pp 161-185
- By Aileen S.P. Baviera, University of the Philippines
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8 - A Vietnamese Perspective on the South China Sea Dispute
pp 186-204
- By Hoang Anh Tuan, Institute for Foreign Policy
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9 - The South China Sea Dispute: Options for Malaysia
pp 205-227
- By Elina Noor, Oxford University
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10 - The United States and the South China Sea: Front Line of 228 Hegemonic Tension?
pp 228-246
- By Denny Roy, University in Canberra
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11 - The South China Sea Dispute in U.S.–ASEAN Relations
pp 247-271
- By Yann-Huei Song, Institute of European and American Studies
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12 - Japan and the South China Sea Dispute: A Stakeholder's Perspective
pp 272-290
- By Yoichiro Sato, Keio University
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13 - Conclusion
pp 291-296
- By Ian Storey, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore
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Index
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Navigating Diplomatic and Strategic Tensions

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

About the Contributors
pp vii-xii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-20

2 - Untangling a Complex Web: Understanding Competing Maritime Claims in the South China Sea
pp 21-46

3 - China Debates the South China Sea Dispute
pp 47-73

4 - Taiwan's Evolving Policy towards the South China Sea Dispute, 1992–2016
pp 74-103

5 - The South China Sea: Primary Contradictions in China–Southeast Asia Relations
pp 104-133

6 - Rising Tensions in the South China Sea: Southeast Asian Responses
pp 134-160

7 - The Philippines and the South China Sea Dispute: Security Interests and Perspectives
pp 161-185

8 - A Vietnamese Perspective on the South China Sea Dispute
pp 186-204

9 - The South China Sea Dispute: Options for Malaysia
pp 205-227

10 - The United States and the South China Sea: Front Line of 228 Hegemonic Tension?
pp 228-246

11 - The South China Sea Dispute in U.S.–ASEAN Relations
pp 247-271

12 - Japan and the South China Sea Dispute: A Stakeholder's Perspective
pp 272-290

13 - Conclusion
pp 291-296

Index
pp 297-307

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