This book examines geopolitics in East Asia, focusing in particular on East Asia’s contentious maritime territorial disputes. It examines how important factor

Combining practical and theoretical approaches, this book addresses the political, legal and economic implications of maritime disputes in East Asia. The mariti

islands has emotional content far beyond any material significance because giving way on the island issue to Japan would be considered as once again compromisin

This volume offers a comprehensive and empirically rich analysis of regional maritime disputes in the South China Sea (SCS). By discussing important aspects of

Increasing tensions in the South China Sea have propelled the dispute to the top of the Asia-Pacific’s security agenda. Fuelled by rising nationalism over own