A South China Sea Code of Conduct Cannot Be Built on a Foundation of Bad Faith

A South China Sea Code of Conduct Cannot Be Built on a Foundation of Bad Faith

Last month at the conclusion of talks with senior Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) officials in Beijing, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson optimistically announced that the parties had agreed to “accelerate negotiations so as to strive to reach at an early date an effective and substantive” Code of Conduct (CoC) to govern their activities in … Read more