South China Sea: Asean risks irrelevance from ‘damaging’ non-response to tensions
With Asean centrality at stake, it would be a ‘huge miss’ if the bloc does not even issue a statement to uphold international law, observers say
Conflicting claims and a reluctance to ‘stick their necks out’ against China are seen as among the reasons for a lack of a unified Asean stance
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