THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), which sometimes boasts being a more cohesive group than the European Union, has never had a reputation for expressing in clear language its policies and positions on matters of critical interest to the world and the Asia-Pacific region.

When the matter is close to home, like the ongoing dispute over the South China Sea and the rising tension between the United States and China over Chinese construction activities in the disputed waters, Asean is reduced to incoherence and ambivalence.

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