This Policy Brief – Special Edition commemorates the tenth anniversary of the 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Award on the South China Sea Arbitration. It presents policy-oriented analyses from regional scholars on the enduring legal, political, and strategic implications of the Award for maritime governance, regional security, and the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific.
This publication is authored by:
- Professor Vijay Sakhuja (IILM University, Greater Noida, India; Former Director, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi, India)
- Veeramalla Anjaiah (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Indonesia)
- Satria Rizaldi (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
- Rupert Azzopardi (University of Melbourne, Australia)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Toan Thang (Hanoi Law University, Vietnam)
Editorial Team
Editor in Chief
Dr. Arisman
Managing Editors
Jihan Khairun Amala
Editor:
Suci Anastasya Khuzaifa
Policy Brief Series
ISSN 2580-1139
Volume 6, Number 3
May–June 2026
