1. South China Sea Timeline

3. China’s Nine-Dash Line

4. Competing Claims

5. Oil and Gas

6. Oil Trade

7. Natural Gas Trade

8. Trade Routes

9. Spratly Islands Disputes

10. Mischief Reef Chinese “Naval Base”

11. Philippine Claim to the Second Thomas Shoal

12. Paracel Island Disputes and Chinese Oil Rig 2014

13. Air Defense Identification Zones

14. UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982
12 mile limit from a nation’s coast: legal jurisdiction for the nation
200 miles form a nation’s coast Exclusive economic rights for the nation
Dispute resolution mechanism
Direct talks between the parties.
If they fail:
submission of the dispute to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
adjudication by the International Court of Justice
submission to binding international arbitration procedures
submission to special arbitration tribunals with expertise in specific types of disputes. All of these procedures involve binding third-party settlement
Exceptions for cases involving national sovereignty. Parties submit their dispute to a conciliation commission; results are non-binding.

15. Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands

16. Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands

17. Dokdo/Takeshima Islands

18. What’s happening in the South China Sea?
Realism
Idealism
Constructivism

19. Realism
The rise of China
Oil and gas
Control of sea lanes

20. The Future?

21. Balancing Behavior

22. Alliances? China North Korea US Japan South Korea Philippines Vietnam
US Report on PRC Military
North Korea US
Japan
South Korea
Philippines
Vietnam
Malaysia
Brunei
Indonesia
Taiwan**

23. China has a long way to go

24. Idealism UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982
ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations)
ASEAN Regional Forum
ASEAN Code of Conduct (2002)
APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation)

25. Constructivism Chinese History The Middle Kingdom
Undisputed ruler of East Asia
Return to China’s rightful place in the world
It’s called the South China Sea for a reason