Various experts have come together to call on the government and the public to counter China’s “gray zone operations”—or activities short of being called as war—in the South China Sea amid its continuous aggression in the waters.
Delivering a keynote address at a forum organized by Stratbase ADR Institute on Wednesday, German Ambassador to the Philippines Anke Reiffenstuel warned against the gray zone operations in the South China Sea through non-military means in a bid to assert one’s territorial claims.
For Reiffenstuel, such activities undermine international law and “pose a significant threat to regional security and stability.” So for the Philippines to act against grey zone operations that undermine its sovereignty, De La Salle Associate Professor Charmaine Willoughby pushed to “demystify” it. “We then need to look at the economic and geopolitical costs at play when it tries to exercise this result,” she added.
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