Experts discussed the situation in the South China Sea at a symposium titled "Making and Unmaking the World Order: Contextualizing Contemporary Dynamics in the South China Sea" in Kyoto on Saturday.
Hosted by Doshisha University's Center for Study of South China Sea and supported by The Yomiuri Shimbun and others, the symposium was intended to develop an understanding of the situation in the sea, where China is building and militarizing outposts.
"[The dispute over sovereignty in the sea between] China and the Philippines has become muffled because nothing [such as new moves by the Chinese] has been happening in waters around the Scarborough Shoal," Takashi Shiraishi, an expert on international relations at Ritsumeikan University, said during a panel discussion. "The focal point of discussion is what will happen if China builds a [new] military facility."
In the keynote speech, Princeton University Prof. John Ikenberry spoke about the birth of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, and Britain's secession from the European Union. Ikenberry said the current crisis was a temporary one, which some people view as a means to move things forward, and argued that a liberal global order based on liberalism and law will be maintained.
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