Pou Sothirak is a retired Ambassador and Distinguished Senior Advisor to the Cambodian Center for Regional Studies.
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The Elusive Code: Why ASEAN Needs a New Playbook for the South China Sea
Joanne Lin|Pou Sothirak
The Code of Conduct (COC) negotiations between ASEAN and China have reached an impasse, hindered by legal ambiguities, strategic divergences, and ASEAN’s internal divisions. ASEAN must move away from a binary approach that equates success with legal binds, and instead explore more pragmatic alternatives.