![]() | The South China Sea: From a Regional Maritime Dispute to Geo-Strategic Competition Subjects: Area Studies; Politics & International Relations; Asian Studies; Asian Politics; International Politics; International Relations; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; Military & Strategic Studies; Chinese Studies; South East Asian Studies; Chinese Politics; Asian Studies (General); Security Studies - Military & Strategic; This book explores the very latest developments in the South China Sea maritime dispute. It examines the South China Sea as an arena for geostrategic competition between China and the United States and why the dispute is so important for regional and global geopolitics. It outlines the most recent developments in the sea itself and assesses the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the current views of the contesting claimants. It considers the position of countries from outside the region, India as well as Japan; surveys military and naval developments; and examines confidence building, preventive diplomacy, and dispute resolution measures. The book concludes by highlighting the points of greatest risk and by discussing how the situation is likely to develop going forward. Leszek Buszynski is an honorary professor - with the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. From 1997 to 2010, he was Professor of International Relations in the Graduate School of International Relations at the International University of Japan. He has published widely on Asia-Pacific security issues and is co-editor of the Routledge series on Asia-Pacific Security. His most recent publications include: The Geopolitics of the Western Pacific: China, Japan and the United States, Routledge 2019, and the edited book The South China Sea Maritime Dispute: Political, legal and Regional Perspectives , Routledge 2014. |
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