...Paul O’Shea Despite frequent talk of conflict and even war, economic and strategic factors suggest that the Sino–Japanese dispute over the East China Sea will not erupt into hot conflict, at least for the time being. However, for domestic reasons, overt cooperation remains a distant prospect. ©...

...Yusin Lee; Sangjoon Kim This paper examines why there is no multinational regime governing resource extraction in the East China Sea. After comparing the East China Sea case with the partially successful regime governing Caspian Sea resources, we suggest two explanatory variables: relative power...