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Revisiting Geopolitics in the South China Sea
The South China Sea (SCS) has long been regarded as one of the most complex and challenging ocean-related maritime disputes in East Asia. The SCS...
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Avoiding and exploiting the tragedy of the commons: fishing, crime, and conflict in the South China Sea
What factors have driven the dramatic depletion of fishery resources in the South China Sea, and how have states responded? This article demonstrates...
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Assessing the China Threat: Perspectives of University Students in Jakarta on the South China Sea Dispute and the Belt and Road Initiative
Discussions on the ‘China threat theory’ in Southeast Asia have been reignited by China’s assertive manoeuvres in the South China Sea and its...
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Artificial Islands in the South China Sea. Territorial Disputes in the Area. United Nations Conference of the Law of the Sea Proposals
Artificial Islands construction is a rising phenomenon. The ones constructed by the People’s Republic of China in the South China Sea are a set of...
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Malaysia’s Layered Nationalism and the South China Sea Dispute
Compared with other countries involved in the South China Sea dispute, nationalist sentiments in Malaysia have been so far much more restrained and...
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Four Phases of South China Sea Disputes 1990–2020
This chapter chronologically explores the strategic trend of the SCS situation from 1990 to 2020 over four phases: 1990–2002, 2003–2012, 2013–2016,...
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Political Apathy, Soft Authoritarianism, and Singapore’s Perspectives on the South China Sea
This chapter examines Singapore’s perspectives on the South China Sea as a non-claimant country. It focuses on why Singapore has not changed its...
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The Dilemma of South Korea as a Middle Power with Regards to the Conflicts Between the United States and China in the South China Sea
This chapter examines the South Korean stance on the case of the South China Sea dispute between Bei**g and Washington. Though South Korea is not a...
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Cambodia and the Politics of Populism and Nationalism in the South China Sea
Recurrently as a by-product of combined domestic politics, nationalism, and populism, the increasingly politicized and securitized South China Sea...
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The Double-Edged Sword Effect of Vietnam’s Nationalistic South China Sea Policy—A Chinese Perspective
One of the most distinguishing features of Vietnam’s South China Sea policy is nationalism, which has a significant double-edged sword effect in that...
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From Central Asia to the Black Sea: China and the South Caucasus
China is now an established global power. This chapter looks at what are Bei**g’s views on the South Caucasus and what place it holds within the...
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The East China Sea: A Case of Ocean Geopolitics and Maritime Conflict
This article analyzes ECS maritime disputes through two lenses: as a globally comparable case study mediated through LOS and as a distinct regional...
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Populism, Nationalism and South China Sea Dispute Chinese and Southeast Asian Perspectives
This book analyzes two main trends of prevailing populism and nationalism in China and Southeast Asian nations and rising tensions in the South China...
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Asymmetry Theory and China–Philippines Relations with the South China Sea as a Case
This article analyzes how the structural factor of asymmetry affects China’s relations with a small power. As the studies of Brantly Womack suggest,...
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When Populists Perform Foreign Policy: Duterte’s China Pivot and the South China Sea Dispute
From the start of his administration, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared bold changes in the country’s formerly conservative and...
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Blue Solutions to South China Sea Environmental Problems
The South China Sea faces numerous and increasingly complex environmental and marine resource problems caused by human activities and behavior such...
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Building empires litorally in the South China Sea: artificial islands and contesting definitions of imperialism
As scholars interested in theories of empire our investigation focuses on the physical construction of islands as a means, both literally and...
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Assessing Europe’s Perspectives on the South China Sea
Europe has a strategic interest in a peaceful environment in and around the South China Sea. A large part of Europe’s global trade passes through the...
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Confidence, Trust and Empathy: Threat Perception and the Prospects for Peace in Korea and the South China Sea
While ‘confidence’ and ‘trust’ are familiar terms in the Asia–Pacific security lexicon, there is surprisingly little agreement on what they actually...
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Sino-US Competition in the South China Sea: Power, Rules and Legitimacy
The increasing competition between China and the United States in the South China Sea necessitates that some important issues be resolved. What are...