Leszek Buszynski is Honorary Professor at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, The Australian National University, Australia. Do Thanh Hai is Senior Fellow and Assistant Director General at the East Sea Institute at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.

Select Guide Rating

• Ch 1: Introduction: Maritime issues and the Indo Pacific.- Ch 2: A Brittle Status Quo in the South China Sea.- Ch 3: Japan, the US, Vietnam and the South China Sea.- Ch 4: China’s coast guard, grey zone operations and the South China Sea.- Ch 5: The South China Sea in Multilateral Forums: Five Case Studies.- Ch 6: The Philippine Pivot to China: Threat to Stability in the West Philippine Sea.- Ch 7: Environmental issues in the South China Sea and Blue Solutions.- Ch 8: Assessing Europe’s perspectives on the South China Sea.- Ch 9:  Japan and the East and South China Seas.- Ch 10: The Contest in the East China Sea.- Ch 11: The Misperception on China’s East China Sea ADIZ: Technical Flaws and legal Facts.- Ch 12: Japan and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP).- Ch 13: Historical continuities, geopolitical interests and norms in Japan’s Free and Open Indo Pacific.- Ch 14: India and the Indo-Pacific.- Ch 15: The U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy: An American Perspective.- Ch 16: ASEAN and Indo-Pacific Outlook.- Ch 17: Indonesia and Indo-Pacific Cooperation.- Ch 18: Conclusion: Physical connectedness and conceptual divide.