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The "ASEAN Way" is based on the principle of consensus; any individual member state effectively has a veto over any proposal with which it disagrees. Dividing ASEAN and Conquering the South China Sea analyzes how China uses its influence to divide ASEAN countries in order to prevent them from acting collectively to resolve their territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea. Using comparative case studies of China's relations with Cambodia, the Philippines, and Myanmar, O'Neill argues that the regime type in the country with which China is interacting plays an important role in enhancing or constraining China's ability to influence the governments of developing states within ASEAN and globally. Authoritarian institutions facilitate Chinese influence while democratic institutions inhibit that influence. O'Neill argues that as long as ASEAN includes developing, authoritarian regimes, and given that the United States and other global powers are unlikely to risk any serious conflict over each push of China's maritime boundaries, little by little, China will assert its sovereignty over the South China Sea. Nevertheless, noting the long-term, global trend of states democratizing, he contends that if China chooses to engage in more sophisticated bilateral politics, such as providing incentives to a broader range of interest groups in democratic states, then China will have more success in projecting its power globally.

ASEAN. --- Association of Southeast Asian nations --- South China Sea --- China --- Southeast Asia --- 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 --- International status. --- Foreign relations --- East Sea (South China Sea)

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This volume takes readers beneath the surface of the South China Sea by exploring critical but under-researched issues related to the maritime territorial disputes. It draws attention to the importance of private sector, civil society, and subnational actors’ roles in the disputes and sheds light on key policy issues that are addressed less often in the literature. By going beyond mainstream analyses focused solely on issues of traditional security, resource economics, and international law, it offers a fresh and engaging look at the South China Sea disputes. The book is divided into five parts – historical foundations, enterprises, localities, people, and policy – and its chapters investigate historiography in the region, the global defense industry’s role as beneficiary of the disputes, tourism as a territorial strategy, the roles of provinces and local governments, disaster management, confidence-building measures, environmental and science diplomacy, and other topics seldom discussed in other analyses of the South China Sea disputes. The book’s diverse content and fresh perspectives make it an essential read not only for policymakers and those in the international relations community but also for all others interested in gaining a more well-rounded understanding of the many issues at stake in the South China Sea maritime territorial disputes.

South China Sea --- Boundaries. --- Strategic aspects. --- 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 --- Asia-Politics and government. --- Politics and war. --- Asian Politics. --- Military and Defence Studies. --- War --- War and politics --- Political aspects --- Asia—Politics and government.

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Security, International --- South China Sea --- South China Sea Region --- International status --- Politics and government --- S09/0400 --- S09/0360 --- China: Foreign relations and world politics--China and Asia: general --- China: Foreign relations and world politics--Bandung --- Collective security --- International security --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- 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 --- Politics and government. --- International status. --- East Sea (South China Sea) --- Security, International - South China Sea --- South China Sea - International status --- South China Sea Region - Politics and government

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This book offers an assessment of China’s assertive foreign policy behavior with a special focus on Chinese policies in the South China Sea (SCS). By providing a detailed account of the events in the SCS and by analyzing power dynamics in the region, it identifies the driving forces behind China’s assertive foreign policy. Considering China’s power on a domestic as well as an international level, it examines a number of different sources of hard and soft power, including military, economics, geopolitics, and domestic legitimacy. The author demonstrates that Chinese assertiveness in the SCS can be explained not only by increases in China’s power, but also by effective reactions to other actors’ foreign policy changes. The book will appeal to scholars in international relations, especially those interested in a better understanding of South China Sea developments, China’s political power and foreign policy, and East Asian international affairs.

Political science. --- Asia --- Diplomacy. --- International relations. --- Political Science and International Relations. --- Foreign Policy. --- Asian Politics. --- International Relations Theory. --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Politics and government. --- South China Sea --- China --- 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 --- International status. --- Politics and government --- Asia-Politics and government. --- History --- International relations --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Asia—Politics and government.

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"Timothy Brook's award-winning Vermeer's Hat unfolded the early history of globalization, using Vermeer's paintings to show how objects like beaver hats and porcelain bowls began to circulate around the world. Now he plumbs the mystery of a single artifact that offers new insights into global connections centuries old.In 2009, an extraordinary map of China was discovered in Oxford's Bodleian Library--where it had first been deposited 350 years before, then stowed and forgotten for nearly a century. Neither historians of China nor cartography experts had ever seen anything like it. It was so odd that experts would have declared it a fake--yet records confirmed it had been delivered to Oxford in 1659. The "Selden Map," as it is known, was a puzzle that needing solving. Brook, a historian of China, set out to explore the riddle. His investigation will lead readers around this elegant, enigmatic work of art, and from the heart of China, via the Southern Ocean, to the court of King James II. In the story of Selden's map, he reveals for us the surprising links between an English scholar and merchants half a world away, and offers novel insights into the power and meaning that a single map can hold. Brook delivers the same anecdote-rich narrative, intriguing characters, and unexpected historical connections that made Vermeer's Hat an instant classic"--

Cartography --- Geography, ancient --- History --- Technology & engineering --- Asia --- China. --- Cartography. --- Europe --- Great britain. --- Selden, John, --- Private collections. --- South China Sea --- Discovery and exploration --- Geography, Ancient --- S03/0320 --- S09/0505 --- Ancient geography --- Geography --- Cartography, Primitive --- Chartography --- Map-making --- Mapmaking --- Mapping (Cartography) --- Mathematical geography --- Surveying --- Map projection --- Maps --- China: Geography, description and travel--Maps: China and Asia --- China: Foreign relations and world politics--China and Great-Britain --- Selden, John --- Seldenus, Joannes --- 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 --- East Sea (South China Sea)