Drafts by Peter Grabowski
This paper is constructed in four sections. The first section is a brief overview of the South Ch... more This paper is constructed in four sections. The first section is a brief overview of the South China Sea dispute. The second section offers four reasons why China has acted the way it has in the South China Sea, covering economic reasons, historical reasons, power reasons, and political reasons. These reasons cover all three levels of analysis. The third section details these motivations in the backdrop of international relations theory, including realism, neorealism, classic liberalism, institutional liberalism, democracy-based liberalism, economic interdependence liberalism, and constructivism. Based on these observations, the fourth section offers a bleak outlook for the possibility of cooperation in the region.
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Drafts by Peter Grabowski