Ralf Emmers is Associate Professor and Head of Graduate Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests are in security studies, international institutions in the Asia Pacific, and the international relations of Southeast Asia. His publications include Non-Traditional Security in the Asia-Pacific: The Dynamics of Securitization and Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF (Routledge). He is co-editor of Security and International Politics in the South China Sea: Towards a Cooperative Management Regime; Order and Security in Southeast Asia: Essays in Memory of Michael Leifer (both published by Routledge) and Understanding Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Dilemmas in Securitization.

'Emmers' analysis is not only up to date but is also competently realized..." - Stein Tonnesson, PRIO, Contemporary Southeast Asia Vol. 32, No.1 (2010)

• 1. The Influence of Geopolitics on Maritime Territorial Disputes 2. The Geopolitical Considerations of the East Asian Claimant States 3. The Senkaku/Diao yu Dispute 4. The Paracel and Spratly Disputes 5. Geopolitical Interplay in the East and South China Seas 6. Conflict Management and Resolution in the East and South China Sea Disputes. Conclusion

Ralf Emmers is Associate Professor and Head of Graduate Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests are in security studies, international institutions in the Asia Pacific, and the international relations of Southeast Asia. His publications include Non-Traditional Security in the Asia-Pacific: The Dynamics of Securitization and Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF (Routledge). He is co-editor of Security and International Politics in the South China Sea: Towards a Cooperative Management Regime; Order and Security in Southeast Asia: Essays in Memory of Michael Leifer (both published by Routledge) and Understanding Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Dilemmas in Securitization.

'Emmers' analysis is not only up to date but is also competently realized..." - Stein Tonnesson, PRIO, Contemporary Southeast Asia Vol. 32, No.1 (2010)

• 1. The Influence of Geopolitics on Maritime Territorial Disputes 2. The Geopolitical Considerations of the East Asian Claimant States 3. The Senkaku/Diao yu Dispute 4. The Paracel and Spratly Disputes 5. Geopolitical Interplay in the East and South China Seas 6. Conflict Management and Resolution in the East and South China Sea Disputes. Conclusion

Ralf Emmers is Associate Professor and Head of Graduate Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests are in security studies, international institutions in the Asia Pacific, and the international relations of Southeast Asia. His publications include Non-Traditional Security in the Asia-Pacific: The Dynamics of Securitization and Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF (Routledge). He is co-editor of Security and International Politics in the South China Sea: Towards a Cooperative Management Regime; Order and Security in Southeast Asia: Essays in Memory of Michael Leifer (both published by Routledge) and Understanding Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Dilemmas in Securitization.

'Emmers' analysis is not only up to date but is also competently realized..." - Stein Tonnesson, PRIO, Contemporary Southeast Asia Vol. 32, No.1 (2010)

• 1. The Influence of Geopolitics on Maritime Territorial Disputes 2. The Geopolitical Considerations of the East Asian Claimant States 3. The Senkaku/Diao yu Dispute 4. The Paracel and Spratly Disputes 5. Geopolitical Interplay in the East and South China Seas 6. Conflict Management and Resolution in the East and South China Sea Disputes. Conclusion