The revival of great power game in the South China Sea and the Philippines' security dilemma

• Main Author: Tolentino, Elaine Nicolas
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Philippines—Foreign relations—China; China—Foreign relations—Philippines; Boundary disputes; Philippine Sea—Boundaries—South China Sea; South China Sea—Boundaries—Philippine Sea; Balance of power; International Relations
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/13351
• Institution: De La Salle University

The complexity of security issues in East Asia has risen in recent years. One bone of contention is China's assertive maritime behavior in the South China Sea region. Brushes in the area have become the new normal between China and other claimant littoral states, and between China and the Unite...