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Due to its strategic location both geopolitically and geo economically the south china sea is currently being seized by several countries including China Philippines Vietnam Malaysia Brunei Darussalam and Taiwan These countries are insisting to maintain the territorial sea of south China to be part of their territory Various efforts have been done to seize the territory of South China Sea often use hard power military power and soft power diplomacy through the bilateral level regional level and international level Not only that the conflicts in the South China Sea probably become exacerbated as a presence of hegemonic interests of the two superpowers the United States and China This paper was written to explain this prolonged conflict and also try to provide solutions to the collective security arrangements of each claimant countries with the roles of Association of the Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN and International Arbitrations Body Indonesia Brunei Darussalam China Malaysia the Philippines Taiwan and Vietnam all assert conflicting rights to control of passage in the South China Sea to the small reefs or to the marine resources The International Hydrographic Organization in its Limits of Oceans and Seas 3rd edition published in 1953 involving
