Geography influences the strategic choices of all countries, but Vietnam is an interesting case of a “swing” state in comparative grand-strategy terms. The co ..
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“Coalition” is one of those politically loaded terms that the sovereignty-conscious member-states of ASEAN tend to avoid – especially in dealing with disputed claim ..
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Five and a half years on from the international arbitral tribunal’s rejection of China’s expansive South China Sea claims in July 2016, the international maritime ord ..
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Barely noticed, but nevertheless of some international legal consequence, is the latest effort by the United States to cast doubt upon the legality of Chinese maritime cl ..
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The Philippine government has deployed three patrol vessels to the waters off Thitu Island in the Spratlys as part of an operation to locate seven Chinese fishermen who h ..
Patrol boat crews of the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance (VFRS) and residents of a Vietnamese-occupied island in the northern Spratlys have rescued two fishermen ..
A new ship has begun operating in and around the Chinese-governed Paracel, Zhongsha, and Nansha/Spratly Islands as well as their surrounding reefs, a vast region that cov ..
USS Benfold (DDG-65) as the ship transits the South China Sea conducting routine underway operations on Sept. 8, 2021. US Navy Photo
The U.S. Navy is disputing a claim from China that it chased an American warship out of the South China Sea after the U.S. vessel performed a freedom of navigation exercise.
USS Benfold (DDG-65) on Wednesday sailed near the Spratly Islands – which China has staked a claim to – according to a news release from U.S. 7th Fleet.
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) quickly...
An official of the Philippine Navy has confirmed that the service expects repairs to be completed within this month on one of its ships that suffered significant damage a ..
Increasing military exercises in the South China Sea by the US Navy and partners from other nations aim to send a message to Beijing that its assertive territorial claims ..