ASEAN and Soft Balancing : South China Sea As Zone of Peace?

• Main Author: Paul, Thazhakzhyil Varkey
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89179; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44806
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The soft balancing toward China by regional states, in particular by ASEAN, has produced mixed results. Is it time to declare the South China Sea a zone of peace under UN auspices? Despite limitations, this may be the next logical step to combine different efforts at institutional soft balancing and...