South China Sea Disputes and US-ASEAN Interdependence: A Challenge to Cooperation

examines the strategic relations of US and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by analyzing the positions and steps taken by US and ASEAN, as well as US-ASEAN joint initiatives
international organization like ASEAN has not been able to play a significant role in solving the conflict and over a period of time. Explicate why ASEAN hasnt emerged as a strong contender in the South China Sea conflict to solve the crisis even though there is US-ASEAN cooperation taking place in many different forms not security cooperation but also economic and diplomatic. Why ASEAN has failed to mediate the South China Sea dispute
Why the ASEAN countries are behaving in different manners? Maybe you might want to group countries into certain categories the analyze. Some countries which cooperate with the US, Some countries which cooperate with China, Some countries stay neutral. Why is that?
Why ASEAN isnt really speaking for claimants countries. ASEAN as a whole has been ambivalent about SOUTH CHINA SEA issues.

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