The blog post, ‘Asia No Pacífico’ by AIIA National Executive Director Melissa Conley Tyler and AIIA National Office researcher Victor Ferguson, argues that analysing Asia Pacific security through the lens of China-US power rivalry fails to take into account all actors, interests and issues at play. Contested bodies of water have increased tensions between countries in the region and political and environmental factors have created a volatile security situation. States in the region must create solid crisis management systems in order to avoid the risk of escalation: http://blogs.elpais.com/alternativas/2015/03/asia-no-pac%C3%ADfico.html