After The South China Sea Ruling – Resilience of the ASEAN Way: Consensual Diplomacy in Vientiane

• Main Author: Chong, Alan
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82105; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41147
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Vientiane communiqué of 25 July 2016 by ASEAN foreign ministers at their annual talks has been criticised as showing ineffectiveness. This is not the case if one examines it in the context of ASEAN’s diplomatic style and the healthy imperfections of international law.