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Chapter 4
Analysis and Recommendations
The United States has to project its importantly, United States’ military base in
military force in the region to limit China’s Diego Garcia also contradicts international
claims and reassure its allies. However, law, roughly on the same basis as China’s
there are a few conflicting or overlapping claims on islands in South China Sea.
facts that would raise questions on the high Similarly, United States’ petrol of
moral grounds for force projections. surveillance vessels in the region provoke
Implications to ASEAN
For example, China’s claims of territorial Chinese resentment of its containment
waters are nearly half the claims of Japan, efforts. Lastly, while the United States’ allies
a close United States’ ally in the region. in the region around South China Sea often
Both China and Japan claim legitimacy plead for US military protection, they are also
through UN, which are false claims. More weary of provoking China unnecessarily.
Evolving Geo-Strategic Matrix in South China Sea:
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Source: www.britannica.com
