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Under Duterte, ASEAN Could Cede Clout for Consensus

By Richard Javad Heydarian | 7 3 月, 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 | 13 2 月, 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.