A CONFLICT BY PROXY: THE APPROPRIATION OF REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE (2010 - 2012)

Abstract

The South China Sea has been a successful case of conflict prevention since the early 1990s. It has been, and continues to be the locus of a number of territorial conflicts between Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), Vietnam, and a conflict where there have been regularly military clashes. Moreover, it is a conflict in a region with a high level of intraregional distrust, deeply rooted historical issues and rapidly increasing military spending. This conflict can became "Asia's next flash point". However, this conflict is not yet escalated into serious military conflict but still need peace solution as soon as possible. Nowadays the conflict is became more serious causes of the intervention from non claimant countries, such as United States. Here, the writer want to investigate United States way for intervention to the dispute with brings the interests although U.S. is non claimant countries in the dispute. And also investigate the others possible of United States interests in the dispute except the "freedom of navigation" that was stated by Hillary Clinton as the State Secretary of United States.