Summary: This chapter overviews the development of the South China Sea (SCS) situation, focusing on the interstate interactions between regional great powers, particularly China and the United States, the claimant states, and ASEAN member states from 1990 to 2020. To clearly illustrate the strategic context in the SCS where each ASEAN and ASEAN-led institution formed and altered its own institutional strategy, the chapter
examines the developments over four phases: 1990–2002, 2003–2012, 2013–2016, and 2017–2020.
More Information: K. Koga (2022), Chapter 3- Four Phases of South China Sea Disputes 1990–2020, in: K. Koga, Managing Great Power Politics, Global Political Transitions, p.43-160: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2611-2_3.
