促成这一外交政策的安全担忧引发了广泛的联盟，参与的不仅有区域民主国家，还有同样卷入以海上石油勘探为核心的对华领土争端的越南等国。
The security concerns that have animated this diplomacy are forging a broad coalition, bringing in not only the region’s democracies, but also countries like Vietnam, which is embroiled in its own territorial dispute with China that centers on maritime oil exploration.