• South China Sea

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    Regional Disorder: The South China Sea Disputes

    With a clear-sighted, and much-needed, analysis of the fraught balance of power in the South China Sea, Sarah Raine and Christian Le Mière make a compelling case that the course of these disputes will determine whether the regional order in Southeast Asia is one of cooperation, or one of competition and even conflict. 

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