The South China Sea Issue

Abstract

An elaboration on Code on Conduct of Parties in the South China is one of the hottest topics in current Asia-Pacific geopolitics. Nevertheless, this project is unlikely to be completed owing to incongruence between the main lines of contradictions over this issue and the instruments to keep them within manageable bounds. Under these circumstances, a probable failure of Code on Conduct may produce a stabilizing rather than a negative effect on the South China Sea issue.