The South and East China seas continue to be a site of at best negotiation and at worst belligerence. Since 2010 territorial disputes over such areas as the the Senkaku/Diaoyu island group have intensified, raising anxieties over destabilized international relations across the region in both Asia and the US. A panel of experts revisit the crisis in the region, followed by discussions with UC Berkeley faculty analyzing the evolving situation and the role of the US in the wake of its "pivot to Asia." Contents: Ralf Emmers 30:09 Tara Davenport 56:05 Dustin Kuan-Hsiung WANG 1:26:30 Gregory Poling 1:57:17 Panel Discussion 2:16:16

The Graduate Group Introductory Seminar