Buch, Englisch, Band 134, 47 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 200 g
Reihe: PRIF Reports
Crises or Peaceful Coexistence in the South China Sea
Buch, Englisch, Band 134, 47 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 200 g
Reihe: PRIF Reports
ISBN: 978-3-942532-91-4
Verlag: PRIF – Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
The past few years are characterized by increased Chinese assertiveness in the
South China Sea that resulted in various confrontations with the Philippines and
Vietnam and an enhanced involvement of the United States. The core question is
what other states, especially China‘s adversaries, can do, to evade spirals of
escalation without compromising their claims.
This report compares the crisis-prone Sino-Philippines with the rather harmonious
Sino-Malaysian relations. It extends analysis backwards to the early days of
Chinese assertiveness in the late 1980s. This allows the author to show that
Chinese behavior in the territorial conflicts co-varies with the contender’s level of
recognition of the benign Chinese concepts of national self and world order.
Displaying respect towards China mitigates Chinese conflict behavior without
compromising the opponent’s territorial claims.
Dr Peter Kreuzer, Member of the Executive Board of the PRIF, is a senior researcher
in PRIF´s programme department “Governance and Societal Peace”. In his
research he focuses on Philippine domestic policy and maritime and territorial
conflicts in the South China Sea.
