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The South China Sea is well known as a hotspot of geopolitical tensions. But it is more than just that. It has been a critical node and nexus of trade, strategic rivalries, and the exchange of cultures and ideas for at least a millennium. The South China Sea: What Everyone Needs to Know® unpacks the complex and textured history of this region and offers incisive and thorough, yet accessible and balanced, analysis
of current issues and potential futures.Why do small islands (and even reefs and atolls) matter so much? How and why do different players stake their claims? What is the environmental impact of all this? What are the
prospects for conflict, or cooperation? Whatever one's particular area of concern, this volume delivers what's needed to understand the issues beyond the headlines, especially the troubled and multifaceted history and politics behind them.
Contents
I. General Introduction
- Basic questions and issues
- Plan of the rest of the book
II. Overview and History up through 1945
- Geography and basic facts
- Discussion of all islands and features
- Sections on colonial past and legacies for relevant Western powers in the region
- Section on the Second World War
III. Politics since 1945
- Section on the road to independence and roots of current disputes
- Sections on the political history of each South China Sea country and how that effects its stance on current issues
IV. Law and Ongoing Disputes
- Sections on each dispute and the legal cases, principles, and adjudication methods it has involved
V. Economic and Environmental Issues
- Section on shipping and trade
- Section on implications for global markets
- Section on fisheries, hydrocarbons and other resources
- Section on unique, fragile, threatened or damaged ecosystems in the South China Sea
VI. Prospects for the Future
- Section on risks of war (how could a conflict start and who would it involve)
- Section on prospects of either continuing status quo or lasting agreement or de-escalation
- Section on implications beyond the region
VII. Conclusion
- Discussion of what the book has covered and where further research or study on aspects of the South China Sea could lead
VIII. Suggestions for Further Reading and Bibliography
