Jul 31,2015 Special Forum ASEAN’s Failing Grade in the South China Sea Since around 2008, a worrying disconnect has been readily apparent in the South China Sea. On the one hand, competing claims to ownership of disputed atolls and their adjacent maritime space has led to growing discord between China and several countries in Southeast Asia, especially Vietnam and the Philippines, and propelled the problem to the […] Ian Storey ASEAN unity , code of conduct , Regionalism , Spratly Islands , UNCLOS