Bringing together international experts, this collection provides fresh perspectives on geopolitical concerns in the South China Sea. It is an accessible, even-handed examination of current and future rivalries and challenges in one of the most strategically important and militarised maritime regions of the world.
This collection brings together international experts to provide fresh perspectives on geopolitical concerns in the South China Sea. The book considers the interests and security strategies of each of the nations with a claim to ownership and jurisdiction in the Sea. Examining contexts including the region's natural resources and China's behaviour, the book also assesses the motivations and approaches of other states in Asia and further afield. This is an accessible, even-handed and comprehensive examination of current and future rivalries and challenges in one of the most strategically important and militarised maritime regions of the world.
Table of Contents:
Foreword by Stein Tønnesson
Introduction: Strategic Challenges and Escalating Power Rivalry in the South China Sea - Scott N. Romaniuk and Nong Hong
1. Between Competition and War: Complex Security Overlay and the South China Sea - Joshua Hastey and Scott N. Romaniuk
2. The South China Sea as an Echo Chamber of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy - Scott N. Romaniuk and Tobias Burgers
Part 1: Claimants of the Contested South China Sea
3. China’s Security Interests and Strategies in the South China Sea - Li Yang
4. Taiwan’s South China Sea Policy under the Tsai Administration - Yann-huei Song
5. Vietnam and the East Sea in Its Strategic Thinking -Đỗ Thanh Hải and Nguyễn Thị Linh
6. The Philippines and the South China Sea Dispute: Duterte’s Hedging Approach with China and the United States - Rommel C. Banlaoi
7. Competition, Contention, and Cooperation in the South China Sea: The Malaysian Perspective - Sumathy Permal
Part 2: Non-Claimants in Southeast Asia
8. A Wary Warrior: Indonesia’s “Soft-Assertiveness” in the South China Sea - Senia Febrica and Scott N. Romaniuk
9. The South China Sea Dispute: Regional Integration, Status Ad Quem, and Singapore’s Position - Hui-Yi Katherine Tseng
10. Cambodia’s South China Sea Policy: From ASEAN Aligned to Echoing Chinese Clientism - Veasna Var
11. ASEAN’s Involvement in the South China Sea Disputes: The Economics-Security Conundrum - Mingjiang Li and YingHui Lee
Part 3: Quadrilateral Security Dialogue States
12. The United States and the South China Sea Question - John Callahan
13. Japan’s Security Interests and Strategies in the South China Sea - Masafumi Iida
14. Australia’s Geopolitics and the South China Sea - Leszek Buszynski
15. India and the South China Sea Crucible: Cautious Inclinations of an Extra-Regional “Leading Power” - Sourabh Gupta
Part 4: Non-Claimants in Europe and Eurasia
16. Britain’s Pivot to Asia: The Big Picture - Ian Park and Kun-Chin Lin
17. Balancing and Hedging: The Two Levels of Russia’s Behaviour in the South China Sea - Alexander Korolev
18. South Korea and the South China Sea: A Middle-Power Model for Practical Policies? - Sukjoon Yoon
Conclusion: Looking over the Horizon – Prospects for Settlement of the South China Sea Dispute - Gordon Houlden
