Freedom of Navigation Operations: Better Quiet Resolve

• Main Author: Chong, Ja Ian
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80862; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38952
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Highly publicised American FONOPs makes it more challenging for many Southeast Asian governments to openly welcome such action. A more preferable approach may be consistent, regular, but quiet FONOPs by the US to avoid a premature raising of stakes.