Dr. David Groten is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Helmut Schmidt Universität, Hamburg, Germany.

• From the Contents1. RESEARCH INTEREST AND RELEVANCE2. ANALYTICAL & THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK2.1 A CONCEPTUALIZATION OF RESPECT2.2 THE HYPOTHESES2.3 OPERATIONALIZATION OF RESPECT AND DISRESPECT2.4 THINK TANKS AS RESEARCH SUBJECTS2.5 SUMMARY ANALYTICAL AND THEORETICAL CHAPTER3. THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE3.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND & SOURCES OF CONFLICT3.2 OFFICIAL POSITION & CLAIMS BY THE PRC3.3 OFFICIAL POSITION & CLAIMS BY THE PHILIPPINES3.4 OFFICIAL POSITION BY THE U.S.3.5 OFFICIAL POSITION BY THE ASEAN4. THE ROLE OF (DIS)RESPECT IN FPTT DISCOURSES ON EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS’ SCS CONDUCT4.1 HYPOTHESIS I: `CHINA’S SELF-ASCRIBED STATUS AND IDENTITY CONCEPTIONS WERE SUBJECT TO CHANGE BETWEEN 2007 AND 20164.2 HYPOTHESIS II: `CHINESE DISRESPECT EXPERIENCES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SCS DISPUTE ARE SEVERE AND HAVE BEEN INCREASING OVER TIME’4.3 HYPOTHESIS II: `CHINESE DISRESPECT EXPERIENCES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SCS DISPUTE ARE SEVERE AND HAVE BEEN INCREASING OVER TIME’4.4 HYPOTHESIS III: `A CAUSAL CORRELATION BETWEEN (DIS)RESPECT EXPERIENCES AND THE TYPE OF POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS/PREFERENCES ADVOCATED BY FPTT SCHOLARS IS PLAUSIBLE’4.5 SUMMARY OF THE CORE FINDINGS5. IMPLICATIONS & POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS5.1 THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS5.2 EMPIRICAL IMPLICATIONS & COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS5.3 GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS & OUTLOOK (QUO VADIS SCS?)6. CONCLUSION7. APPENDIX7.1. THE CATEGORY SYSTEM8. BIBLIOGRAPHY8.1 SECONDARY SOURCES8.2 PRIMARY AND GOVERNMENT SOURCES8.3 THINK TANK SOURCES

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