SCHOFIELD Clive <br/><br/>
The South China Sea dispute :  increasing stakes and rising tensions / 
Clive Schofield and Ian Storey. 
 - Washington D.C. :  Jamestown Foundation ,  2009. 
 - 43 p. 
<br/><br/> Summarises first the importance of the South China Sea and the sources of potential conflict, and second the recent history of relations between interested parties in the South China Sea. After a period of relative calm China is once again being more assertive over its claims and using hard power diplomacy to undermine the claims of other states. The report notes that despite ten years of discussions between China and ASEAN there has been little substantive progress, meanwhile military forces have grown. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780981690551  20.00 USD 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>SOUTH CHINA SEA--BOUNDARY DISPUTES<br/>CHINA--FOREIGN POLICY--SOUTH CHINA SEA<br/>SOUTHEAST ASIA--REGIONAL SECURITY<br/>SOUTH CHINA SEA--CONFLICT