Routledge Handbook of the South China Sea

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of appendices
Acknowledgments
Editor and contributors
List of abbreviations
Foreword
Introduction
PART I: History and geostrategic landscape
	1 The South China Sea: geographical overview
	2 The South China Sea: historical developments
	3 Sea lines of communication and safety of navigation
	4 Maritime security and demilitarisation of the South China Sea
PART II: Sovereignty and maritime entitlements
	5 The territorial sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea
	6 Competing maritime claims and enduring disputes in the South China Sea
	7 The U-shaped line and its legal implications
	8 Historic rights and the South China Sea
PART III: South China Sea policies of major claimants
	9 China’s South China Sea policies
	10 Malaysia and South China Sea disputes: applicability of international law
	11 Deciphering Duterte’s foreign policy on the South China Sea
	12 Vietnam’s South China Sea policy
PART IV: Natural resources and environment
	13 Fisheries management in the South China Sea
	14 Governance of non-living resources in the South China Sea
	15 Biodiversity and conservation
	16 The South China Sea environment: the need for formalised institutional interaction between science, policy and law
PART V: Cooperation and institutions
	17 Semi-enclosed seas cooperation under UNCLOS
	18 ASEAN and the South China Sea
	19 From DOC to COC: A regional rules-based order
	20 Mainland China-Taiwan interplay in the South China Sea
	21 Cooperation through Track II mechanisms
PART VI: Challenges and prospects
	22 Dispute settlement mechanisms for South China Sea issues
	23 The South China Sea arbitration and its implications
	24 US-China rivalry in the South China Sea
	25 Struggles for prestige and power, 960–2020
Appendix: a chronology of contest in the South China Sea, 1877–2019
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