The South China Sea: an American perspective, by Bronson Percival

The South China Sea episodically attracts the attention of the U.S. community concerned about consistency in U.S. positions on international legal questions. The U.S. has commercial interests, including the free flow of maritime trade between the Indian Ocean and Northeast Asia and the ability of U.S. companies to compete on an equal basis to explore for and extract petroleum and other mineral resources...

15/07/2011

The South China Sea: an American perspective, by Bronson Percival

The South China Sea episodically attracts the attention of the U.S. community concerned about consistency in U.S. positions on international legal questions. The U.S. has commercial interests, including the free flow of maritime trade between the Indian Ocean and Northeast Asia and the ability of U.S. companies to compete on an equal basis to explore for and extract petroleum and other mineral resources...

15/07/2011

Rising Tensions In the South China Sea And Implication For Regional Security, By Leszek Buszynski

 Tensions are indeed rising in the South China Sea which has become a pivotal area for a test of wills between a China that is apparently convinced that America is a declining power, and a US that is determined to prove otherwise.  

15/07/2011

Recent Development In The South China Sea: From Declaration To Code Of Conduct, By Tran Truong Thuy

Abstract: This paper focuses on recent developments in the South China Sea since the signing of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) between ASEAN and China in 2002. As the most powerful country in the region, China sets the tone for the disputess in the South China Sea…

15/07/2011

Misperceptions, national interests, and law in the South China Sea, by Stein Tønnesson

This paper seeks to define and weigh the relative importance of the main national interests of the states involved, notably China. Then it argues that the most important long term national interests are best served by a policy that does not rely on the use of force, but on pushing for a resolution of the disputes based on international law

15/07/2011

Recent Developments in The South China Sea: Grounds For Cautions Optimism, By Carlyle A. Thayer

This paper provides a broad overview of four major topics: tensions in China-United States relations and their implications for Southeast Asia; multilateral efforts to address the South China Sea; China-Vietnam interaction in the South China Sea, and the status the Declaration on Conduct (DOC) of Parties in the South China Sea. The paper concludes on a note of cautious optimism that there is likely...

15/07/2011

The US-China Competition In The South China Sea: Strategic Implication For Regional Security by Fu-Kuo Liu

This paper attempts to review the reality on the ground after signing of the DOC and to examine the implications of current power politics between the US and China that has extended to the South China Sea.

15/07/2011

Weekly News 18/7 - 25/7

  - (Financial Times 19/7) US senators warn Beijing on S China Sea: - (Inquirer Global Nation 19/7) ‘Serious concern’ as West Philippine Sea tensions rise: “We discussed in depth the recent developments in the South China Sea and expressed serious concern over the recent incidents.” - (VOA 19/7) ASEAN Foreign Ministers Discuss South China Sea Dispute: ASEAN foreign ministers spent much...

18/07/2011

Weekly News 18/7 - 25/7

  - (Chosunilbo 19/7) Chinese Military Chief’s Rudeness Bodes Ill for the Future: “Chen’s comments were discourteous and violated diplomatic protocol.” - (VOA 18/7) South China Sea Dispute High Priority for ASEAN: Surin says addressing the dispute among China, Taiwan and ASEAN member states Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam about competing claims to large reserves of oil and gas...

18/07/2011

Three dispute and three objectives: China and the South China Sea, by Peter Dutton

There are three severable categories of disputes, each with its own parties, rule sets, and politics. Unfortunately, the region’s states are currently pursuing win-lose solutions to these three disputes based on competing claims of exclusive sovereignty and jurisdiction. A careful analysis of the nature of each dispute reveals opportunities for more productive pathways to dispute resolution based on...

20/07/2011