Control Through Cooperation? Assessing China’s Economic and Military-Strategic Interests in the South China Sea
Ⅰ. Introduction
II. The Phenomenon: South China Sea Territorial Disputes and China’s Assertive Actions Toward Littoral States
III. Common Explanation: Control Over Shipping Lanes, Access to Resources, Nationalism
IV. Alternative Explanation: Military-Strategic Considerations
V. Corroborating the Alternative Explanation: China’s Conditional Offers of Cooperation with Littoral States
VI. Synthesis: Cooperation as Means to the End of Controlling the South China Sea
VII. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Biographical Statement
II. The Phenomenon: South China Sea Territorial Disputes and China’s Assertive Actions Toward Littoral States
III. Common Explanation: Control Over Shipping Lanes, Access to Resources, Nationalism
IV. Alternative Explanation: Military-Strategic Considerations
V. Corroborating the Alternative Explanation: China’s Conditional Offers of Cooperation with Littoral States
VI. Synthesis: Cooperation as Means to the End of Controlling the South China Sea
VII. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Biographical Statement
