"The volume emphasizes the importance of placing research on the South China Sea in a critical realist framework ... . A comprehensive bibliography will cater to serious researchers and academics interested in probing deeper into the depths of the multiple dynamics of the South China Sea conflict. The volume has a collection of excellent maps and even archaic old maps of historical importance that have been nicely incorporated with the text." (Saikat Kumar Basu, South Asian Time, southasiantime.com, April, 2016)

• Introduction.- Critical Realism and the Morphogenetic Approach.- A Critical Genealogy of the Emergence of South China Sea as a ‘Complex’ in International Relations.- The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) and China’s Assertion of the U-shaped Line.- Conclusion.

"The volume emphasizes the importance of placing research on the South China Sea in a critical realist framework ... . A comprehensive bibliography will cater to serious researchers and academics interested in probing deeper into the depths of the multiple dynamics of the South China Sea conflict. The volume has a collection of excellent maps and even archaic old maps of historical importance that have been nicely incorporated with the text." (Saikat Kumar Basu, South Asian Time, southasiantime.com, April, 2016)

• Introduction.- Critical Realism and the Morphogenetic Approach.- A Critical Genealogy of the Emergence of South China Sea as a ‘Complex’ in International Relations.- The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) and China’s Assertion of the U-shaped Line.- Conclusion.

"The volume emphasizes the importance of placing research on the South China Sea in a critical realist framework ... . A comprehensive bibliography will cater to serious researchers and academics interested in probing deeper into the depths of the multiple dynamics of the South China Sea conflict. The volume has a collection of excellent maps and even archaic old maps of historical importance that have been nicely incorporated with the text." (Saikat Kumar Basu, South Asian Time, southasiantime.com, April, 2016)

• Introduction.- Critical Realism and the Morphogenetic Approach.- A Critical Genealogy of the Emergence of South China Sea as a ‘Complex’ in International Relations.- The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) and China’s Assertion of the U-shaped Line.- Conclusion.