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This book offers an innovative approach to the analysis of the current crisis in the South China Sea. Moving beyond the spirit of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the mechanisms of which are limited to physical geography, it demonstrates how epistemological insights from the field of critical realist philosophy can reveal the importance of cultural and structural conditioning processes in social interactions, processes which shape the conditions for the emergence of crisis points along a spectrum of conflict and cooperation. The potential for conflict resolution and the emergence of new regions in Pacific Asia much depends on the nature of such interactions at many levels (political-economic, semiotic and cultural) based on perceptions of what constitutes the "common" versus a Sinicised version of "Lebensraum".

Environmental Sciences --- Economic History --- Law, General & Comparative --- Law, Politics & Government --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Business & Economics --- Law of the sea --- Sea control --- Regionalism --- Political aspects --- South China Sea --- International status. --- Strategic aspects. --- Control of the sea --- Maritime operations (Naval forces) --- Naval operations --- Operations, Naval --- High seas, Jurisdiction over --- Marine law --- Ocean --- Ocean law --- Sea, Law of the --- Law and legislation --- Biển Đông --- China Sea, South --- Dagat Timog Tsina --- Laut Cina Selatan --- Laut Tiongkok Selatan --- Laut Tjina --- Mar da China Meridional --- Minami Shinakai --- Nan Hai --- Nan Kai --- Nan Zhongguo Hai --- Thalē Čhīn Tai --- Naval art and science --- Naval strategy --- Naval tactics --- Strategy --- Tactics --- Naval battles --- International law --- Maritime law --- Territorial waters --- Environmental law. --- Genetic epistemology. --- Geography. --- Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. --- Epistemology. --- Economic Geography. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Developmental psychology --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Environment law --- Environmental control --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- Environmental policy --- Law --- Sustainable development --- Environmental policy. --- Economic geography. --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- Geography --- Commercial geography --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Environment and state --- Environmental management --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Government policy