China's new assertiveness in the South China Sea has arisen from the growth of its military
power, its 'triumphalism'in the wake of the estern nancial crisis and its heightened …

Over the past decade a highly significant development has attracted little scholarly attention:
the steady expansion of Chinese power in the South China Sea. There were several …

Something profound seems to have occurred in Chinese foreign policy since the global
financial crisis starting in 2007–08. Many have noted an assertive and nationalist Chinese …

This article concentrates on China's apparent intention to expand its maritime influence into
the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, China's …

China's rise has upset the global balance of power, and the first place to feel the strain is
Beijing's back yard: the South China Sea. For decades tensions have smoldered in the …

China's expanding presence in the South China Sea is now a major source of escalating
tensions leading to a spiral of confrontation with the United States and the littoral states of …

This paper revisits the debate about foreign policy implications of Chinese nationalism in the
context of China's increasingly confrontational and assertive behavior in recent years. It …

In response to the changing geopolitical landscape in Asia, both China and the United
States attempt to alter the regional order in their own favour, both in the economic and …

Since 2010, there has been obvious escalation of tensions in the South China Sea,
coinciding with China's rise and the United States''pivot'to Asia. Has China become more …

China is a big country and other countries are small countries and that is just a fact
(Blumenthal 2010). This is how the Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi reacted after the …