Security, Strategy, and Military Dynamics in the South China Sea: Cross-National Perspectives

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