South China Sea disputes : flashpoints, turning points and trajectories / editor, Yang Razali Kassim, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

"Foreword by Ong Keng Yong"--Cover.

Tan Seng Chye / After the Phnom Penh AMM failure : ASEAN needs to regain cohesion -- Yang Razali Kassim / ASEAN and China : navigating turbulent waters Post-Cambodia -- Phoak Kung / The South China Sea disputes : three years after Cambodia -- Aileen San Pablo-Baviera / The South China Sea disputes : is the Aquino way the "ASEAN way"? -- Robert Beckman / The China-Philippines dispute in the South China Sea : does Beijing have a legitimate claim -- Marvin Ott / Vietnam's China dilemma : steering in new strategic environment -- Robert Beckman / Scarborough Shoal : flashpoint for confrontation or opportunity for cooperation? -- Huy Duong / The Scarborough Shoal dispute : legal issues and implications -- Youna Lyons and Tara Davenport / South China Sea : limits to commercial fishing by claimants -- Huy Duong / The South China Sea : "Disputed Waters" everywhere? -- Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto / Indonesia's South China Sea dilemma : between neutrality and self-interest -- Robert Beckman / The South China Sea disputes : how states can clarify their maritime claims -- Sam Bateman / Increasing competition in the South China Sea -- need for a new game plan -- Muthiah Alagappa / Rethinking territorial disputes in the South China Sea : transforming problem into opportunity -- Barry Desker / Defusing tensions in the South China Sea -- Victor R. Savage / South China Sea disputes : reflecting China's evolving political system? -- Yang Razali Kassim / A regional code of conduct : for South and East China Seas -- Youna Lyons / South China Sea disputes : can satellite imagery help? -- Koh Swee Lean Collin / China's aircraft carrier : implications for Southeast Asia -- Yang Razali Kassim / East Asia Summit 2012 : power game in Asia unfolds -- Sam Bateman / China's new maritime regulations : do they accord with international law? -- Alan Chong & Emerys Chew / Asian diplomatic ambiguity -- Calming the South China Sea? -- Ralf Emmers / US rebalancing strategy : impact on the South China Sea disputes -- Yang Razali Kassim / The new great game : ASEAN's balancing act? -- Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto / US pivots to maritime Southeast Asia -- Catherine Samaniego / The Scarborough Shoal dispute in America's Asia-Pacific pivot -- Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto / The US rebalancing to Asia : Indonesia's maritime dilemma -- Benjamin Ho / ASEAN centrality : year of big power transitions -- Sam Bateman / Cooperation or trust : what comes first in the South China Sea? -- Benjamin Ho, Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit / Beijing's ASEAN embrace : making hay while the sun shines -- Yang Razali Kassim / Elevating China-ASEAN ties : who is wooing whom? -- Irene Chan / China and Typhoon Haiyan : is Beijing ready to be a global stakeholder? -- Geoffrey Till / Australia's maritime intentions : to expand or not to expand? -- Sukjoon Yoon / The East China Sea ADIZ : new flashpoint in regional maritime security -- Richard A. Bitzinger / China's ADIZ : South China Sea next? -- Koh Swee Lean Collin / Chinese aircraft carrier's debut : gunboat in the South China Sea? -- Dylan Loh Ming Hui / China's ADIZ over East China Sea : implications for ASEAN -- Sam Bateman / The USS Cowpens Incident : adding to strategic mistrust -- Sarah Teo / ASEAN centrality : why it is important for US and China -- Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto / Defence of narrow seas in Southeast Asia -- Nguyen Hung Son / China's oil rig move : casting doubt on neighbourliness -- Sam Bateman / New tensions in the South China Sea : whose sovereignty over Paracels? -- Huy Duong and Tuan Pham / Sovereignty over Paracels : article lets off Beijing lightly -- Sam Bateman / Whose sovereignty over the Paracels? a response -- Robert C. Beckman and Clive H. Schofield / The South China Sea disputes : formula for a paradigm shift? -- Raul (Pete) Pedrozo / The South China Sea disputes : formula for a paradigm shift? a response -- Robert Beckman & Clive H. Schofield / The South China Sea disputes : formula for a paradigm shift -- a rejoinder -- Ian Townsend-Gault / Managing South China Sea disputes : the legal basis for cooperation -- Arif Havas Oegroseno / Indonesia-Philippines Agreement : Lessons for South China Sea claimants -- Nguyen Thi Lan Anh / The Paracels : Forty Years On -- Li Jianwei / China, Vietnam, and The Paracels : Time for a Way Out? -- Li Dexia Xisha / (Paracel) Islands : Why China's Sovereignty is 'Indisputable' -- Nguyen Thi Lan Anh Xisha / (Paracel) Islands : a rejoinder -- B. A. Hamzah / China's James Shoal claim : Malaysia the undisputed owner -- Bill Hayton / The Paracels : historical evidence must be examined -- Nguyen Huu Tuc / China's "historical evidence" : Vietnam's position on South China Sea -- Li Dexia & Tan Keng Tat / South China Sea disputes : China has evidence of historical claims -- Bill Hayton / South China Sea disputes : still no evidence of historical Chinese claims -- Ye Qiang & Jiang Zongqiang / China's "Nine-Dash Line" claim : US misunderstands -- Darshana M. Baruah / South China Sea : Beijing's 'Salami Slicing' strategy -- Hasjim Djalal & Ian Townsend-Gault / South China Sea cooperation : we should not wait for another disaster -- Lim Kheng Swe Burgeoning / China-ASEAN relations : hamstrung soft power in South China Sea -- Euan Graham / Energy competition in the South China Sea : a front-burner issue? -- Darshana M. Baruah / South China Sea : time for India To mark its presence -- Daniel Wei Boon Chua / The South China Sea disputes : Singapore as an "honest broker"? -- Nguyen Huu Tuc / Malaysia and the South China Sea : will KL abandon its hedging policy? -- Oh Ei Sun / More nuanced than just "hedging" : Malaysia and the South China Sea disputes -- Sukjoon Yoon / Xi Jinping's 'Monroe Doctrine' : rebuilding the middle kingdom order? -- Kai He & Huiyun Feng / Rethinking China's Monroe Doctrine -- Zou Wentao / Restructuring China's maritime security : lofty ambition, little progress -- Truong-Minh Vu & Nghiem Anh Thao / Changing power, changing interests : freedom of navigation in South China Sea -- Nguyen Hong Thao / China's Floating Islands next? -- Sukjoon Yoon / Why is China militarising the South China Sea? -- Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto / Indonesia's Natuna Islands : next flashpoint in the South China Sea? -- Rene L. Pattiradjawane / South China Sea disputes : sovereignty and Indonesian foreign policy order? -- Lin Gindarsah / Indonesia and the South China Sea : a two-fold strategy -- Oh Ei Sun / South China Sea disputes : KL's subtle shift on China? -- R. Bitzinger / Coast guards in the South China Sea : proxy fighters? -- Barry Desker / China's conflicting signals on the South China Sea -- Zhang Baohui / Rising tension in the waters : China, US, and unintended crisis -- Yang Razali Kassim / China and rebalancing the world order : a view from Southeast Asia -- Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto / Australia's 2016 DWP : ASEAN and the South China Sea -- Li Mingjiang / China's debates on South China Sea policy : implications for Beijing's future posture -- Arif Havas Oegroseno / Gibraltarisation : future scenarios of the South China Sea disputes -- Richard Javad Heydarian & Truong-Minh Vu / South China Sea : time for US-ASEAN cooperation -- Yang Razali Kassim / South China Sea : time to change its name to "Southeast Asia Sea" -- Ellen Frost / Re-naming the waters : 'Southeast Asia Sea' or 'South Sea'? -- Donald K. Emmerson / Is it worth trying to rename the South China Sea? -- B. A. Hamzah / Time for a regional naval forum for the Spratlys? -- Lee Ying Hui / Code for coast guards : Singapore's 'Cues Plus' proposal -- Barry Desker / Unlikely to lead to war (prospects of war and peace) -- Victor R. Savage / South China Sea : regional confrontation, domestic implications.