Taiwan / Germany / Spratly Islands / Saudi Arabia / Myanmar / Kuwait / Brunei / Kazakhstan / Indonesia / Malaysia / Japan / Russia / United States / Soviet Union / Vietnam / United Kingdom / China / Tibet / Iraq / Bhutan / /
Event
Diplomatic Relations / /
Facility
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Whether / /
IndustryTerm
oil fields / natural gas fields / energy security / overall energy consumption / natural gas / energy supplies / finance / oil / energy / gross domestic product / foreign oil / steel / /
NaturalFeature
Hainan Island / Mischief Reef Senkaku Islands / Paracel Islands Spratly Islands / Indonesia / South China Sea / Malaysia / East China Sea / Yellow Sea / Brunei / /
Organization
Ministry of National Defence / Central Military Commission / Territorial Expansion M. Taylor Fravel Department of Political Science / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Energy Information Agency / International Studies Association / World Bank / Chinese Communist Party (CCP) / Fisheries Administration / Academy of Military Science / office of the Secretary / /
Person
Tanisha Fazal / Nazli Choucri / M. Taylor Fravel / Robert North / Van Evera / Robert Gilpin / John Mearsheimer / Ma Ying-jeou / Mark Zacher / /
Position
president / /
ProvinceOrState
Copeland / Massachusetts / /
Region
South China / East Asia / East China / western Kazakhstan / western China / /
International Studies Review[removed], 505–532 International Relations Theory and China’s Rise: Assessing China’s Potential for Territorial Expansion M. Taylor Fravel