Indonesia this week opened a military base with more than 1,000 personnel on the southern tip of the disputed South China Sea, where the territorial claims of China and several other countries overlap, South China Morning Post reports. Over the past quarter century, Indonesia has sought to play the role of an honest broker in the South China Sea disputes by facilitating negotiations between claimants. These efforts, though admirable, are no longer equal to the challenge presented by Chinese actions, which now pose a much broader risk to Indonesian interests, writes Aaron L Connelly for Myanmar Times. The situation in South China Sea is snowballing into a major crisis following China’s latest belligerent moves.