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Biting the Cow’s Tongue: Securitization and Capacity Building in the South China Sea

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  • Zenel Garcia
  • Thomas A. Breslin

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The South China Sea (SCS) territorial disputes have become one of the most significant security challenges in the East Asian Supercomplex (EAS). Described in Buzan and Wæver’s classic study as a Great Power Bipolar Supercomplex defined by China and Japan, the emergence and actions of South Korea and Indonesia as regional powers have rendered the EAS multipolar and unusually volatile. As the hierarchy in the EAS transforms into a multipolar one, the securitization of China has allowed Japan and South Korea to facilitate the capacity building efforts of Southeast Asian states at the expense of China. As a result, the littoral states surrounding the SCS have taken advantage of this strategic competition in order to advance their own interests.

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  • Zenel Garcia & Thomas A. Breslin, 2016. "Biting the Cow’s Tongue: Securitization and Capacity Building in the South China Sea," Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, , vol. 3(3), pages 269-290, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:asseca:v:3:y:2016:i:3:p:269-290
    DOI: 10.1177/2347797016670703
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    1. Bibek Chand & Zenel Garcia, 2017. "Power Politics and Securitization: The Emerging Indo–Japanese Nexus in Southeast Asia," Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 4(2), pages 310-324, May.

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