Overview
Contrasts the strategies of China and Japan for regional order in the context of the South China Sea Territorial Disputes
Explores Japan’s strategic partnerships with Southeast Asian states and facilitate their capacity-building efforts
Examines China’s claim in the South China Sea (SCS) that is disputed by five other states
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Keywords
- China's military
- maritime studies
- military studies
- China and Japan
- South China sea disputes
- military modernization
- security studies
- Sino-Japanese Security Relations
- Vietnam case study
- Philippines case study
- IR security
- maritime disputes
- territory studies
- East Asia security studies
- Asian politics
- East and Southeast Asia
- normalizing Japan's military status
- territorial claims in Asia
- foreign policy
- foreign diplomacy
About this book
This book assesses the Sino-Japanese strategic competition in the context of the South China Sea (SCS) territorial disputes. The South China Sea territorial disputes are quickly becoming the most significant security problem in East and Southeast Asia. Two major powers, China and Japan, have interests in the region and are pursuing different strategies that can significantly impact the outcome of the disputes. Utilizing Securitization Theory, this study evaluates the Sino-Japanese strategic competition through political narratives that galvanize the military and economic policies that are transforming the region. It highlights how these narratives, so closely bounded to the political legitimacy of current governments and supported by provocative policies, have resulted in a co-constitutive pattern of enmity and securitization, thus making it increasingly difficult to resolve the disputes.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: China’s Military Modernization, Japan’s Normalization and the South China Sea Territorial Disputes
Authors: Zenel Garcia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12827-2
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12826-5Published: 29 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12827-2Published: 21 March 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 143
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian Politics, Military and Defence Studies, International Security Studies, International Relations Theory