The South China Sea and Asian Regionalism A Critical Realist Perspective

This book offers an innovative approach to the analysis of the current crisis in the South China Sea. Moving beyond the spirit of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the mechanisms of which are limited to physical geography, it demonstrates how epistemological insights from the field o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Truong, Thanh-Dam, Karim, Knio (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Peace and Security Studies
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Critical Realism and the Morphogenetic Approach
  • A Critical Genealogy of the Emergence of South China Sea as a ‘Complex’ in International Relations
  • The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) and China’s Assertion of the U-shaped Line
  • Conclusion