Major Law and Policy Issues in the South China Sea : European and American Perspectives (Hardcover, New ed)

I: Introduction; 1: South China Sea Issues in European and American Perspectives: An Introduction; II: General Assessment of South China Sea Issues; 2: Regional Maritime Cooperation in the South China Sea: COBSEA and PEMSEA; 3: China-ASEAN and the South China Sea: Chinese Assertiveness and Southeast Asian Responses; III: Major Legal Issues in the South China Sea; 4: An Analysis of China's Claim to Historic Rights in the South China Sea; 5: Possibility of US Accession to the LOS Convention and its Potential Impact on State Practices and Maritime Claims in the South China Sea; 6: Maritime Boundary Delimitation, Excessive Claims and Effective Regime Building in the South China Sea; 7: Bringing the South Pole to the South China Sea: Towards the Establishment of an International Regime for Peace and Security; 8: Bringing the North Pole to the South China Sea: Dots and Lines on Maps and their Explanation; IV: Major Policy Issues in the South China Sea; 9: Close Encounters of the Maritime Kind: Freedom of Navigation and its Impact on the South China Sea Problem; 10: Jockeying for Position in the South China Sea: Cooperative Strategy or Managed Conflict?; 11: Could China and Vietnam Resolve the Conflicts in the South China Sea?; 12: The South China Sea: A Piece in the Global Naval Encirclement Strategy of Taiwan by Mainland China; V: Taiwan's Participation in the South China Sea Dialogue Process; 13: Confidence-Building Measures in the South China Sea and Implications for US?Taiwan?China Relations; 14: The South China Sea Workshop Process and the Need for Taiwan's Continuing Involvement in Regional Ocean Initiatives; VI: Conclusion; 15: Conclusions and Further Reflections