LEADER 03011oam 2200589I 450 001 9910155035503321 005 20240505160416.0 010 $a1-315-68078-5 010 $a1-317-39820-3 010 $a1-317-39819-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315680781 035 $a(CKB)4340000000019357 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4756246 035 $a(OCoLC)965196608 035 $a(BIP)56594162 035 $a(BIP)66378051 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000019357 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aVietnam and the South China Sea $epolitics, security and legality /$fDo Thanh Hai 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (275 pages) 225 1 $aRoutledge Security in Asia Pacific Series ;$v31 311 08$a0-367-18618-7 311 08$a1-138-92997-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Under the shadow of the Dragon -- 2. Vietnam's claims in the South China Sea -- 3. Befriending the Dragon, 1986-1995 -- 4. ASEANizing the South China Sea issue, 1995-2002 -- 5. Shaping regional balance of influence, 2003-2007 -- 6. Riding on nationalism, 2007-2009 -- 7. Internationalising the South China Sea issue, 2009-2011 -- 8. Navigating big power politics, 2011-2015. 330 $aStudies of the escalating tensions and competing claims in the South China Sea overwhelmingly focus on China and its increasingly assertive approach, while the position of the other claimants is overlooked. This book focuses on the attitude of Vietnam towards the South China Sea dispute. It examines the position from a historical perspective, shows how Vietnam's position is affected by its wish to maintain good relations with China on a range of issues, and outlines how Vietnam has occasionally made overtures to both the United States and Japan in order to bolster its position, and considered the possibility, so far resisted, of taking China to formal arbitration under the auspices of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The book concludes by assessing the future prospects for Vietnam's position in the dispute. 410 0$aRoutledge security in Asia Pacific series ;$v31. 606 $aTerritorial waters$zSouth China Sea Region 606 $aTerritorial waters$zVietnam 607 $aSouth China Sea$xInternational status 607 $aSouth China Sea$xStrategic aspects 607 $aVietnam$xForeign relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zVietnam 615 0$aTerritorial waters 615 0$aTerritorial waters 676 $a341.4/480916472 676 $a341.4480916472 700 $aDo$b Thanh Hai.$0910272 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910155035503321 996 $aVietnam and the South China Sea$92037446 997 $aUNINA