https://www.scmp.com/rss/511329/feed Shuxian Luo is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Foreign Policy programme at the Brookings Institution. She received her PhD in international relations from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Her research interests include China’s foreign policy especially crisis behaviour and decision-making, maritime security in the Indo-Pacific, and US relations with Asia. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Following the latest incident in the South China Sea, in which Chinese coastguard vessels blocked and water-cannoned Philippine ships carrying resupplies to Second Thomas Shoal, the silence of Asean stood as a glaring but not surprising contrast to the quick responses from the United States and the European Union. Coordinating a concerted position on the South China Sea is a formidable task for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, largely because of the institution’s consensus-based... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3158143/asean-running-out-time-recast-role-buffer-us-china-great-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3158143/asean-running-out-time-recast-role-buffer-us-china-great-power?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Dec 2021 17:00:21 +0000