In a commentary, RSIS Research Fellow Collin Koh wrote about how regional bloc ASEAN needs to unambiguously and collectively articulate its concerns on the disputed waterway, whether it names and shames Beijing or otherwise. With nuance over the sea showing no signs of ameliorating China, Asean must present a united front – or it risks sliding into irrelevance, he added.

…Collin Koh is Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore