China's Strategic Interests in the South China Sea: Power and Resources

ISBN-13: 9781857438239 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 190 str.

Sigfrido Burgos Caceres

Opis

This title will explore China s strategic interests in the South China Sea, with a specific emphasis on power projection and resource security. China s regional actions and reactions are reshaping the power dynamics in East and South-East Asia, while economic and geopolitical futures depend on the variegated outcomes of these complex relationships with neighbours and the West. An introductory section will be complemented by four case studies (Japan, Vietnam, the USA and the Philippines) and the concluding chapter will discuss the importance of the South China Sea to China as its new leadership deals with growing economic and military might."

Spis treści

Map of the region; Part I: Introduction  Chapter 1 – Assessing China’s External and Internal Dynamics and Influences; Chapter 2 – Understanding China’s Global Search for Energy and Resources; Chapter 3 – China’s Oil Security: Diplomacy, Economics and the Prospects for Peaceful Growth; Part II: Country Case Studies  Chapter 4 – Japan; Chapter 5 – Philippines; Chapter 6 – USA; Chapter 7 – Vietnam; Part III: Conclusion  Chapter 8 – Power Projection; Chapter 9 – Resource Security; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres is a consultant specializing in international development, political economy and foreign affairs. From 2007–12 he was based in Rome, Italy, at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. He has published peer-reviewed journal articles on China’s natural resource quests in Africa, South-East Asia, South America and globally. Together with Sophal Ear he co-authored The Hungry Dragon: How China’s Resource Quest Is Reshaping the World (Routledge, 2013). He lives in Mobile, Alabama, with his wife.