This article was first published by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute as a Fulcrum commentary and republished by Think China on 21 April 2023.
Ma Bo is Wang Gungwu Visiting Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. He is also Associate Professor at the School of International Studies and Assistant Director of the Collaborative Innovation Center of South China Sea Studies at Nanjing University, China.
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