Military Multipolarity in the South China Sea

..., Beijing, or Delhi. It is also worth noting that intensified Sino-Japanese rivalry has an impact on the processes within ASEAN. Beijing and Tokyo are striving to identify new partners and to consolidate their positions. Japan is inclined to support Southeast Asian countries in territorial disputes in the South China Sea. However, ASEAN countries are not ready to get involved in a confrontation, let alone to go against their specific economic interests [20] . In terms of the technical aspects of the issue, ASEAN countries have no warships able to counter ...