This edited book addresses these questions systematically and theoretically, with contributions from leading scholars in the field of US-China relations and Asian security. It elevates the analysis of the SCS disputes from maritime and legal issues to the strategic level between the United States and China.

Huiyun Feng is Senior Lecturer in the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

Kai He is Professor of International Relations in Griffith Asia Institute and Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

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1) Battlefield or Playground? The Rising Tensions between the United States and China in the South China Sea (Huiyun Feng and Kai He)
2) The Bargaining Dilemma between the United States and China in the South China Sea (Huiyun Feng and Kai He)
3) The Geography of Conflict: South China Sea and US-China Rivalry (Andrew Scobell)
4) Chinese Thinking on the South China Sea and the Future of Regional Security (Feng Zhang)
5) India's Responses to US-China Rivalry in the South China Sea (Ian Hall)
6) Japan and the South China Sea Disputes - Emerging Power Politics and "Fake Liberalism" (Christopher W. Hughes)
7) The South China Sea as Symptom of Asia's Dynamic Security Order (Nick Bisley)
8) When Giants Vie: China-US Competition, Institutional Balancing, and East Asian Multilateralism (See Seng Tan)
9) East Asia's Institutional Inadequacies and Great Power Rivalry in the South China Sea (Mark Beeson)
10) Security Regionalism: A New Form of Strategic Competition or Cooperation between the United States and China in the South China Sea? (Baogang He)
11) Looking to the Future: Hypotheses on China's Maritime Disputes and US-China Relations (Steve Chan)

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