Understanding China’s Behaviour in the South China Sea: A Defensive Realist Perspective

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This book analyses the origins of security dilemmas in the South China Sea (SCS) and the significance of China’s actions in asserting its claim from the perspective of defensive realist theory. In its analysis, the book argues that security dilemmas in the SCS first arose between China and other SCS claimants, and then between China and the United States. Research in this book provides significant support to the defensive realist theory vis-à-vis offensive realism. It encourages adopting a reassurance policy to reach a peaceful resolution to the SCS disputes between China, the other claimants, and the United States. The book will be useful for policymakers, academics, researchers and students. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Introduction (Klaus Heinrich Raditio)....Pages 1-18 Theoretical Framework: Security Dilemma Reconsidered (Klaus Heinrich Raditio)....Pages 19-48 China’s Claim in the South China Sea (Klaus Heinrich Raditio)....Pages 49-68 China’s Interests in the South China Sea (Klaus Heinrich Raditio)....Pages 69-93 China’s Defection in the South China Sea (Klaus Heinrich Raditio)....Pages 95-123 Security Dilemma Between China and Other South China Sea Claimant States (Klaus Heinrich Raditio)....Pages 125-152 Security Dilemma Between China vis-à-vis the United States of America in the South China Sea (Klaus Heinrich Raditio)....Pages 153-184 Conclusion (Klaus Heinrich Raditio)....Pages 185-190 Back Matter ....Pages 191-209