Major law and policy issues in the South China Sea : European and American perspectives / edited by By Yann-Huei Song and Keyuan Zou ; Sam Bateman [and eleven others], contributors
Published
Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, 2014
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Editors and Contributors; Acknowledgments; Part IIntroduction; 1South China Sea Issues in European and American Perspectives: An Introduction; Part II General Assessment of South China Sea Issues; 2Regional Maritime Cooperation in the South China Sea: COBSEA and PEMSEA; 3 China-ASEAN and the South China Sea: Chinese Assertiveness and Southeast Asian Responses; Part III Major Legal Issues in the South China Sea; 4An Analysis of China's Claim to Historic Rights in the South China Sea
5 Possibility of US Accession to the LOS Convention and its Potential Impact on State Practices and Maritime Claims in the South China Sea6Maritime Boundary Delimitation, Excessive Claims and Effective Regime Building in the South China Sea; 7Bringing the South Pole to the South China Sea: Towards the Establishment of an International Regime for Peace and Security; 8Bringing the North Pole to the South China Sea: Dots and Lines on Maps and their Explanation; Part IV Major Policy Issues in the South China Sea
9 Close Encounters of the Maritime Kind: Freedom of Navigation and its Impact on the South China Sea Problem10Jockeying for Position in the South China Sea: Cooperative Strategy or Managed Conflict?; 11Could China and Vietnam Resolve the Conflicts in the South China Sea?; 12The South China Sea: A Piece in the Global Naval Encirclement Strategy of Taiwan by Mainland China; Part V Taiwan's Participation in the South China Sea Dialogue Process; 13 Confidence-Building Measures in the South China Sea and Implications for US-Taiwan-China Relations
14The South China Sea Workshop Process and the Need for Taiwan's Continuing Involvement in Regional Ocean InitiativesPart VIConclusion; 15Conclusions and Further Reflections; Index
Summary
Major law and policy issues in the South China Sea are wide-ranging and often complex, involving claimants and non-claimants. In recent years disputes have resulted in third party involvement as manifested by actions taken by the United States, India and Japan. This book examines major law and policy issues in the South China Sea from legal and political perspectives and from the view point of American and European experts who have been studying the South China Sea issues for many years
