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Under Duterte, ASEAN Could Cede Clout for Consensus

By Richard Javad Heydarian | Mac 7, 2017 | Categories: ASEAN, South China Sea

Country-level pragmatic calculations may contribute to more peaceful relations among claimant states, but risk driving ASEAN into total irrelevance as China shapes the regional agenda on its own terms.

The Geopolitics of Infrastructure: ASEAN’s China Challenge

By Truong Minh Vu | Februari 13, 2017 | Categories: ASEAN, China

Backers of the Master Plan for ASEAN Connectivity 2025 have called for cooperation between it and China’s 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, but the shift in geopolitical calculations resulting from such a partnership could cost ASEAN more than it bargained for.

Manila’s Pyrrhic Victory: ASEAN in Disarray Over the South China Sea

By Nicholas Khoo | Oktober 6, 2016 | Categories: ASEAN, Strategy

Once celebrated as a model multilateral organization and an agent of positive regional change, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is in disarray. On July 12, a tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague issued a judgment on the South China Sea that is widely seen as a victory for ASEAN […]

Duterte’s Colorful Diplomatic Debut

By Richard Javad Heydarian | September 15, 2016 | Categories: ASEAN, Philippines, South China Sea, United States

The Philippines’ newly minted president couldn’t have asked for a more high-profile diplomatic debut when he attended this week’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, which saw the participation of the leaders from across the Asia Pacific, including the United States, Japan, China, Russia, and India, along with the secretary-general of the United Nations. […]

The South China Sea Tests

By Arif Havas Oegroseno | Mac 4, 2016 | Categories: ASEAN, South China Sea, United States

Following the U.S.-ASEAN leaders’ summit tensions rise, testing international rules and norms

Sunnylands and America’s Pivot to ASEAN

By Richard Javad Heydarian | Februari 12, 2016 | Categories: ASEAN, South China Sea, United States

China may be gaining the strategic upper-hand in the ongoing scramble in the South China Sea thanks to its newly-built artificial islands, but it is facing increasing backlash in the region. Neighboring states as well as external powers have stepped up their diplomatic pressure on Beijing, while coordinating their efforts at safeguarding freedom of […]