Security, Strategy, and Military Dynamics in the South China Sea

Gordon Houlden is Director Emeritus of the China Institute and Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta. Scott N. Romaniuk is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Security Studies at the China Institute, University of Alberta, and Visiting Fellow at the International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales.Nong Hong is Executive Director and Senior Fellow of the Institute for China–America Studies, Washington DC.

• Foreword by Stein TønnessonIntroduction: Strategic Challenges and Escalating Power Rivalry in the South China Sea - Scott N. Romaniuk and Nong Hong1. Between Competition and War: Complex Security Overlay and the South China Sea - Joshua Hastey and Scott N. Romaniuk2. The South China Sea as an Echo Chamber of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy - Scott N. Romaniuk and Tobias BurgersPart 1: Claimants of the Contested South China Sea3. China’s Security Interests and Strategies in the South China Sea - Li Yang4. Taiwan’s South China Sea Policy under the Tsai Administration - Yann-huei Song5. Vietnam and the East Sea in Its Strategic Thinking -Đỗ Thanh Hải and Nguyễn Thị Linh6. The Philippines and the South China Sea Dispute: Duterte’s Hedging Approach with China and the United States - Rommel C. Banlaoi7. Competition, Contention, and Cooperation in the South China Sea: The Malaysian Perspective - Sumathy PermalPart 2: Non-Claimants in Southeast Asia8. A Wary Warrior: Indonesia’s “Soft-Assertiveness” in the South China Sea - Senia Febrica and Scott N. Romaniuk9. The South China Sea Dispute: Regional Integration, Status Ad Quem, and Singapore’s Position - Hui-Yi Katherine Tseng10. Cambodia’s South China Sea Policy: From ASEAN Aligned to Echoing Chinese Clientism - Veasna Var11. ASEAN’s Involvement in the South China Sea Disputes: The Economics-Security Conundrum - Mingjiang Li and YingHui LeePart 3: Quadrilateral Security Dialogue States12. The United States and the South China Sea Question - John Callahan13. Japan’s Security Interests and Strategies in the South China Sea - Masafumi Iida14. Australia’s Geopolitics and the South China Sea - Leszek Buszynski15. India and the South China Sea Crucible: Cautious Inclinations of an Extra-Regional “Leading Power” - Sourabh GuptaPart 4: Non-Claimants in Europe and Eurasia16. Britain’s Pivot to Asia: The Big Picture - Ian Park and Kun-Chin Lin17. Balancing and Hedging: The Two Levels of Russia’s Behaviour in the South China Sea - Alexander Korolev18. South Korea and the South China Sea: A Middle-Power Model for Practical Policies? - Sukjoon YoonConclusion: Looking over the Horizon – Prospects for Settlement of the South China Sea Dispute - Gordon Houlden