Many drums beating in Indo-PacificBy Gurjit SinghChina-ASEAN relations have acquired a tenuous stability and economic engagement continues unabated. Despite Indonesia’s proactive leadership of ASEAN negotiations with China regarding the code of conduct in the South China Sea, differences remain. This is unacceptable to other nations, notably Quad members, which resist giving China control of the South China Sea. Indonesia held the first ASEAN Indo-Pacific Forum in September. There are many drummers beating around the Indo-Pacific region, and the Chinese drumming is not the only beat that is being heard.
