Changing power, changing interests : freedom of navigation in South China Sea

• Main Authors: Truong-Minh Vu, Nghiem Anh Thao
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::International relations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104058; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20091
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

By placing the oil rig HD-981 in Vietnam’s proclaimed EEZ off the disputed Paracel Islands, China has profoundly affirmed its assertive policy of “monopolising” the South China Sea. The security order in the Sea is in flux, and the time is right for a fundamental reassessment of key trends there....