US-China Competition and the South China Sea Disputes
In: Politics in Asia Ser
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1. Battlefield or playground?: The rising tensions between the US and China in the South China Sea -- The rising tensions in the SCS: whom to blame? -- Structure of the book -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2. The bargaining dilemma between the United States and China in the South China Sea -- The bargaining dilemma in the SCS -- Costly signaling strategies in the SCS -- The unsolved commitment problem -- The locking-in strategy? -- Conclusion - any deal at all? -- Notes -- References -- 3. The geography of conflict: South China Sea and US-China Rivalry -- Theoretical approaches -- US-China geopolitical rivalry -- Why the South China Sea matters -- 21st-century maritime rivalries and the South China Sea -- China's great leap outward -- China's strategy toward the South China Sea -- US strategy in the South China Sea -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Chinese thinking on the South China Sea and the future of regional security -- The pragmatists -- The hardliners -- The moderates -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5. India's responses to US-China rivalry in the South China Sea -- Looking and acting East -- India and the South China Sea -- Managing the Sino-Indian security dilemma -- Conclusion: confidence, capabilities, and credible commitments -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 6. Japan and the South China Sea disputes: Emerging power politics and "fake liberalism" -- Japan's typically realist interests in the SCS disputes -- Japan as a consistent upholder of the rule of international law in SCS? -- Japan's selective multilateralism -- Japan's bilateral dealings and ebbing liberalism -- Japan's "soft" and "hard" balancing in the SCS