TY - BOOK AU - FRAVEL M.Taylor AU - GLASER Charles L. TI - How much risk should the United States run in the South China Sea? PY - 2022/// KW - SOUTH CHINA SEA KW - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA KW - USA KW - CLAIM N2 - How strenuously, and at what risk, should the United States resist China's efforts to dominate the South China Sea? An identification of three options along a continuum-from increased resistance to China's assertive policies on one end to a partial South China Sea retrenchment on the other, with current U.S. policy in the middle-captures the choices facing the United States. An analysis of China's claims and behavior in the South China Sea and of the threat that China poses to U.S. interests concludes that the United States' best option is to maintain its current level of resistance to China's efforts to dominate the South China Sea. China has been cautious in pursuing its goals, which makes the risks of current policy acceptable UR - https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00443 ER -