Experience And Enlightenment On The Settlement Of Territorial Disputes In Asean Participation Area

due to historical colonization,there are many unresolved territorial disputes in Southeast Asia.Compared with other regions in the world,since the establishment of ASEAN,there has been no case of large-scale conflict due to territorial disputes in Southeast Asia,which to some extent benefits from ASEAN’s experience in handling territorial disputes.ASEAN’s participation in regional affairs has its own unique way of action.What role does ASEAN play in territorial disputes? What is the inspiration of ASEAN’s experience in territorial disputes settlement to the South China Sea issue? This paper analyzes ASEAN’s territorial dispute settlement institutions and legal mechanisms,and combines ASEAN’s participation in the handling of the mafishaba dispute,the Cambodian Thai Preah Vihear Temple dispute and the new Malaysia dispute The specific cases of the white reef dispute summed up the experience of dealing with the territorial disputes in the ASEAN region,including: providing a dialogue platform for the parties with the help of the ASEAN platform,using informal diplomacy to coordinate the parties to shelve the conflicts,and using international public opinion to pressure the parties to compromise,etc.The experience of dealing with territorial disputes in the ASEAN region has enriched and developed the specific connotation of the ASEAN Way,which provides a certain reference for China and ASEAN to jointly safeguard the peace in the South China Sea.