Maritime and Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea

This edited volume rethinks the relationship between power and law in the age of China's rise by examining recent developments in the South China Sea (SCS).

Autorentext

Yih-Jye Hwang (PhD, Aberystwyth) is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Leiden University in the Netherlands.

Edmund Frettingham (PhD, Aberystwyth) is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Leiden University in the Netherlands.

Inhalt

Introduction Chapter 1 The Rebalance under the Obama Administration: Transformational Leadership and Selective Engagement Chapter 2 'The Dialogue of East and West': Joseph Needham Revisited Chapter 3 Sovereignty and Identity: Taiwan's Claims in the South China Sea Chapter 4 Power, International Law, and the Philippine Hedging Strategy in the South China Sea Chapter 5 Japan, China and the Territorial Disputes in the China Seas: The Uncertain Dynamics of Asian-Pacific Geopolitics Chapter 6 All at Sea? Japanese Conceptions of Regional Order in Response to the South China Sea Disputes Chapter 7 Whose 'Freedom of Navigation'? Australia, China, the United States, and the Making of Order in the 'Indo-Pacific' Chapter 8 Reflections on the Awards Concerning the Legal Status and Maritime Entitlement of Maritime Features in the South China Sea Arbitration: A Legal and Political Analysis