02
June
2017
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22:35
Asia/Singapore

Better late than never

Dr Lynn Kuok, Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law at NUS and a senior research fellow at the University of Cambridge, noted that the Trump administration’s first freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea is a key indicator of US commitment to the region. She pointed out that the regular conduct of such operations, consistent with international law, will help curtail any attempts by China to assert de facto control over the South China Sea.