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Names: Hsiung, James C., author.
Title: The South China Sea disputes and the U.S.China contest: international law and geopolitics /
James C. Hsiung.
Description: New Jersey : World Scientific, [2018] |
Series: Series on contemporary China ; ISSN 1793-0847.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017040693 | ISBN 9789813231092
Subjects: LCSH: China--Foreign relations--Southeast Asia. |
United States--Foreign relations--China. | South China Sea--International status.
Classification: LCC DS525.9.C5 H75 2018 | DDC 327.73051--dc23
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About the Author
Dr James C Hsiung (PhD, Columbia Univ.) is Professor of Politics & International Law at New York University, where he teaches international politics, international law, and international governance.
His teaching and research interests extend to East Asian politics (China and Japan), Asian international relations, and Asian political cultures. Among his broad professional concerns are the future of Asia Pacific and Americas strategic stakes in Asia. He is author and editor of 24 books in English alone, including his Twenty-First Century World Order and the Asia Pacific (2001); Anarchy and Order: The Interplay of Politics and Law in International Relations (1997); Asia Pacific in the New World Politics (1993); Comprehensive Security: Challenge for Pacific Asia (2004); China and Japan at Odds: Deciphering the Perpetual Conflict (2007); and China into Its Second Rise: Myths, Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Challenge to Theory (2012). His penultimate book is: An Anatomy of Sino-Japanese Disputes & US Involvement: History and International Law (May 2015). He is chief editor of The Xi Jinping Era: His Comprehensive Strategy Toward the China Dream, which appeared in August 2015.