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Contents: Part I Introduction: South China Sea issues in European and American perspectives: an introduction, Yann-huei Song and Keyuan Zou. Part II General Assessment of South China Sea Issues: Regional maritime cooperation in the South China Sea: COBSEA and PEMSEA, Jon M. Van Dyke and Sherry P. Broder; China-ASEAN and the South China Sea: Chinese assertiveness and Southeast Asian responses, Carlyle A. Thayer. Part III Major Legal Issues in the South China Sea: An analysis of China's claim to historic rights in the South China Sea, Peter Dutton; Possibility of US accession to the LOS Convention and its potential impacts on state practices and maritime claims in the South China Sea, Yann-huei Song; Maritime boundary delimitation, excessive claims and effective regime building in the South China Sea, Sam Bateman; Bringing the South Pole to the South China Sea: towards the establishment of an international regime for peace and security, Keyuan Zou; Bringing the North Pole to the South China Sea: dots and lines on maps and their explanation, Erik Franckx. Part IV Major Policy Issues in the South China Sea: Close encounters of the maritime kind: freedom of navigation and its impact on the South China Sea problem, Geoffrey Till; Jockeying for position in the South China Sea: cooperative strategy or managed conflict?, Theresa Fallon; Could China and Vietnam resolve the conflicts in the South China Sea?, Stein Tonnesson; The South China Sea: a piece in the global naval encirclement strategy of Taiwan by mainland China, Daniel Schaeffer. Part V Taiwan's Participation in the South China Sea Dialogue Process: Confidence -building measures in the South China Sea and implications for US-Taiwan-China relations, Cheng Yi Lin; The South China Sea workshop and the need for Taiwan's continuing involvement in regional initiatives, Ian Townsend-Gault. Part VI Conclusion: General conclusions and further reflections, Yann-huei Song and Keyuan Zou; Index.