The South China Sea - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107441471 ISBN 13: 9781107441477

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

The history of the South China Sea is a catalyst of international cooperation and conflict. Security in the Indo-Asia-Pacific is largely governed by command of these strategic waters. More than half of global shipping transits the South China Sea, which also holds significant reserves of oil, gas and minerals, as well as some of the largest fisheries in the world. Drawing on a team of field-leading researchers, Jenner and Thuy provide an empirical study of the global ocean's most contested sea space. The volume's four parts offer an insightful analysis of the significance of the South China Sea to the international order; sub-national agents of influence on relations between states; the disputes over sovereignty through the analytical prism of international law; and the conflictful region's prospects. The primary source-based conclusion elucidates the agency of history and strategy in the South China Sea.

About this title

Book Description:

The South China Sea has long been a source of conflict and represents a core contemporary security issue in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. This book offers an empirical analysis of the global ocean's most contested maritime territory, the South China Sea and its agents of contest.

About the Author:

C. J. Jenner is Research Fellow, King's College London; First Sea Lord Fellow, Royal Navy; and Senior Fellow, Institute for China-America Studies. He holds Master of Studies and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Modern History from the University of Oxford. In addition to his academic work, Dr Jenner undertakes governmental research assignments and contributes to internationally televised documentary series.

Tran Truong Thuy is Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Foundation for East Sea Studies and concurrently Deputy Director General of the Bien Dong Institute at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV). Before joining the DAV, he worked as a policy analyst at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has written extensively on regional security and maritime issues, and has contributed to a number of reports and policy recommendations for the government and various agencies. Thuy is editor and co-author of The South China Sea: Cooperation for Regional Security and Development (2010) and The South China Sea: Towards a Region of Peace, Security and Cooperation (2011).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1107441471
• ISBN 13: 9781107441477
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 382
• Editor: Jenner C. J.