Shafiah F. Muhibat, Department of Politics and International Relations Center for Strategic and International Studies
Indonesia should be a unifying force in ASEAN

ON July 12, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) rejected China's claim over the South China Sea. The Philippines claimed the landmark verdict as a victory while China rebuffed it, charging that the case was based on distorted facts and misinterpreted laws.

Nevertheless, the PCA ruling will affect the conflict between China and claimant states other than the Philippines, namely Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. "Many predict that other countries

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