201106 South China Sea crisis a chance for ASEAN to prove its worth

Experts and officials agree that ASEAN plays a key role in diffusing the tension and resolving the conflict.  If the ASEAN “wants to be at the center of its security universe, then it must be willing to confront difficult security situations such as the overlapping claims in the South China Sea,” says Mohd Nizam Basiron of the Maritime Institute of Malaysia.

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