The spratly islands dispute: security impacts towards Malaysia/ Marliney Igil

The sovereignty ofthe Spratly Islands has been disputed since the early 1990 ’s. There has been much perseverance proposed in order to eradicate the conflict. However, the setback is that the relation between the claimants is not conducive to these resolutions. There are two aims that the conflict is important to Malaysia. The first is that the conflicts have the potential to threaten Malaysia border stability. This is because China has become the regional domination in the South China Sea, which poses a serious threat to the Spratly Island. Secondly, the Malaysia concept towards the national security interest in contradiction of the Spratly island dispute. Entering the new century’, in international structure, Malaysia has undergone a series of significant transformation. Malaysia hasfaced various challenges to national security such as the case ofLahad Datu in 2013. The methods ofdata gathering are based on literature review and interviews. The findings show that China has never stopped
claiming that Spratly Island based on historical contact andprior discovery. Whereas, the Philippines argued that Kalayan forms part of the continental shelf of the Philippines and extendsfurther than its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The ideas of Spratly Island dispute will have impact towards the Malaysia security' is deemed so sensitive and controversial. The implication on the issue is that though it will continue to he a thorn n the Malaysia-China bilateral relations, it is unlikely to lead to any military conflict as both countries are becoming interdependence.