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245			_aExamining ASEAN's effectiveness in managing South China Sea disputes/ _cLe Hu
260			_c2023
520			_aFor the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the South China Sea (SCS) disputes between China and Southeast Asian claimant states (Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei) are a major concern. However, the dominant sceptics are pessimistic about ASEAN's effectiveness in managing these disputes. This article contributes to the field by providing a systematic analysis on this topic, which is missing within the literature. Also, many of the arguments presented in this article challenge the dominant views and thus provide an alternative understanding of ASEAN's effectiveness in managing the disputes. The arguments are as follows: First, ASEAN members do have shared interests and a common policy regarding managing the disputes. Second, China's influence on individual ASEAN members is not as strong as the sceptics often argue. Third, the degree of ASEAN's goal attainment is medium because it achieved essential goals while conceding important but non-essential ones. Fourth, compared with a legalistic and adversarial posturing approach, ASEAN's approach is more effective in managing these disputes.
650			_aSOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES
650			_aASEAN-CHINA RELATIONSHIP
650			_aASEAN'S EFFECTIVENESS
650			_aCHINA
650			_aASEAN
773			_aThe Pacific Review : _gVol. 36, No 1, January 2023, pp. 119-147 (103)
598			_aSCSEA, ASEAN, CHINA
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09512748.2021.1934519 _zClick here for full text
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