Coast guards now stand at the front line of incidents in the South China Sea. Joy Dianne Gumatay proposes DIPLOMEX, a scenario-based exercise in diplomatic communication, and shows how ASEAN-EU cooperation and CRIMARIO III could support it.

Alain Ruinet examines how ASEAN countries have moved from a defence-centred view of security to one that includes non-traditional threats, and what this reveals about their national security architectures.