Overview
Position 1: Ask the United States and Japan for support to go to war with China.
Position 2: Negotiate with China some form of joint enterprise in which the claimants agree to co- develop and share the resources and establish an independent, or at least multilateral, policing authority.
Position 3: Accept China’s overwhelming power, give up claims over the South China Sea and become a strong Chinese ally in exchange for guarantees of sustained trade benefits.