Territorial Disputes: The South China Sea: Reports and Documents
This Research Guide provides links to primary documents, reports, periodical articles, and books on disputes and state claims in the South China Sea.
Congressional Documents
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America’s Security Role in the South China SeaSubcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. Thursday, July 23, 2015.
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China as an Emerging Power in the South China SeaCongressional hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 112 Cong., 2d sess., 12 September 2012
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Diplomacy and Security in the South China Sea: After the TribunalSerial No. 114-232: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. Thursday, September 22, 2016.
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Investigating the Chinese Threat, PART I: Military and Economic AggressionHearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 112th Cong., 2d sess., 28 March 2012
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Maritime Disputes and Sovereignty Issues in East AsiaHearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 111th Cong., 1st sess., 15 July 2009
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Reaffirming the Strong Support of the United States for the 2002 Declaration of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea among the Member States of ASEAN and the People’s Republic of China, and for Other Purposes.112th Congress, 2d session, S. Res. 524, 23 July 2012
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Seapower and Projection Forces in the South China SeaSubcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces. Wednesday, September 21, 2016.
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U.S. Policy in the South China SeaSubcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy. Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
Reports
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Armed Clash in the South China SeaBonnie S. Glaser, Council on Foreign Relations, Contingency Planning Memorandum No. 14
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Asian Diplomatic Ambiguity – Calming the South China SeaAlan Chong and Emrys Chew, RSIS Commentaries
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A Balanced Threat Assessment of China’s South China Sea PolicyBenjamin Herscovitch, CATO Institute Policy Analysis, no. 820, 2017
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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: ASEAN and the South China SeaAlan Chong and Emrys Chew, RSIS Commentaries no. 214, November 2012
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By Invitation, Mostly: The International Politics of the US Security Presence, China, and the South China SeaChristopher Freise, RSIS Working Paper No. 247, August 2012
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China’s Attitude to the International Legal Order in the Xi Era: The Case of the South China SeaBing Ling, Japan Institute if International Affairs, Policy Brief no. 4, 2018.
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Defusing the South China Sea DisputesCSIS Report, October 2018.
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FPI Bulletin: Next Steps in the South China SeaChristopher J. Griffin, The Foreign Policy Initiative, 20 July 2016.
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Power and Order in the South China SeaDr. Patrick M. Cronin, Center for a New American Security, November 2016.
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Rethinking Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea: Transforming Problem into OpportunityDato’ Muthiah Alagappa, RSIS Commentaries no. 166, 5 September 2012
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The South China Sea: A Breeding Ground for Geopolitical RivalryDIIS Report, 2016
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South China Sea: From Bad to Worse?Joshua Kurlantzick, Council on Foreign Relations, 24 July 2012
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South China Sea Dispute: Evolution, Conflict Management and ResolutionLalita Boonpriwan, 2nd International Conference on International Relations and Development, 26-27 July 2012
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South China Sea Disputes: How States Can Clarify Their Maritime ClaimsRobert Beckman, RSIS Commentaries no. 140, 31 July 2012
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The South China Sea – Some Fundamental Strategic PrinciplesAmy Searight, Center for Strategic & International Studies, January 2017.
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Time to End Strategic Ambiguity in the South China SeaGregory Poling, Center for Strategic & International Studies, vol. III, iss. 13, 5 July 2012
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Toward a Code of Conduct for the South China SeaRodolfo Severino, EAST ASIA FORUM, 11 August 2012
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