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Practicing People’s Diplomacy Over Disputed Waters: Peaceable Intervention Across the South China Sea

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What do I mean by ‘people’s diplomacy’? As a theory of practice of international peace, how could the ‘people’s diplomacy’ complement the pre-Second World War theories of geopolitics? How to practice ‘people’s diplomacy’ in the context of China–Philippines dispute over the South China Sea? What would be the significance of studying Philippine geopolitics? What are the anthropological roots and culture-specifics of contemporary Philippine strategic culture? How to de-escalate international tensions in the South China Sea? This chapter is an attempt to answer these questions.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Since the presidency of Benigno Aquino III (2010–2016), the Philippine government has called the South China Sea as the ‘West Philippine Sea’.

  2. 2.

    The two biblical verses are: ‘And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. But the one who restrains is to do so only for the present, until he is removed from the scene’ (2 Thessalonians 2: 6–7, New American Bible).

  3. 3.

    Source: ‘Spratly Islands Dispute Defines China–Vietnam Relations 25 Years after Naval Clash.’ South China Morning Post. 17 March 2013.

  4. 4.

    Sources: (1) ‘Risking China’s Ire, India Signs Defense and Oil Deals with Vietnam.’ Time. 29 October 2014. (2) ‘Vietnam and India Sign Oil, Naval Agreement amid South China Sea Disputes, Angering Beijing.’ International Business Times. 29 October 2014.

  5. 5.

    Sources: (1) ‘Japan to Provide Patrol Vessels to Philippines.’ Wall Street Journal. 4 June 2015. (2) ‘Japan Provides Ships for Philippines to Help Counter China at Sea.’ Financial Times. 6 September 2016. (3) ‘Philippines to Get 9 More Patrol Vessels from Japan.’ Philippine Star. 14 October 2016.

  6. 6.

    Source: ‘It’s Official: Aquino Signs Order on West Philippine Sea.’ Philippine Daily Inquirer. 13 September 2012.

  7. 7.

    Sources: (1) ‘Tribunal Rejects Beijing’s Claims in South China Sea.’ The New York Times. 12 July 2016. (2) ‘Aquino on Arbitral Court Ruling: “A Victory for All”.’ Philippine Daily Inquirer. 13 July 2016. (3) ‘Beijing Rejects Tribunal’s Ruling in South China Sea.’ The Guardian. 12 July 2016.

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Wong, P. (2018). Practicing People’s Diplomacy Over Disputed Waters: Peaceable Intervention Across the South China Sea. In: Destined Statecraft. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6563-7_6

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