China and the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute

Name: China and the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

China and the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands DisputeEscalation and De-escalation\nAuthor(s): Balazs Szanto\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138095588, 978-1138095588\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands dispute from a foreign policy perspective, focusing on three key stakeholders: China, Japan and the United States.\n\nThe Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands dispute is a prominent territorial dispute between China and Japan. This book critically assesses that dispute in a pragmatic, policy-oriented manner. The central question of the work focuses on the various military (direct invasion, coercion) and non-military (bilateral negotiations, binding and non-binding third-party options and delaying) foreign policy avenues available to China to pursue its key interests over the disputed islands. To compare and contrast these different options, the book employs a qualitative rational-choice framework. This allows for a .