West Philippine Sea
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PH to name two ‘rocks’ after Del Rosario, Carpio
MANILA – The Philippine government will name two rocks in the West Philippine Sea after former DFA chief Albert del Rosario and Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio for their invaluable support in winning the country’s arbitration case against China. Speaking at the UP Forum on the West Philippine Sea, Solicitor General Jose Calida described […]
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Indonesia’s South China Sea turn, Abe and Modi diverge
This is a weekly blog by Associate Editor Ravi Velloor offering his take on events around Asia and those that affect the region. It is exclusive to The Straits Times digital edition. So, Indonesia will henceforth refer to the northern reaches of its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea as the North Natuna […]
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One year after the South China Sea ruling, a deceiving calm Beijing is now, by and large, calling the shots in the area under dispute
WATERLOO, ONTARIO – Much has changed and much remains the same since Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague ruled last year on rival claims to the South China Sea. Dampening China’s ambitions in the highly contested area, the court ruled that China had no historical right over the South China Sea, recognizing […]
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Fisheries diplomacy and the South China Sea Australia should step up to shore up the region’s fisheries
The dynamiting of reefs, plus overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and the impacts of climate change are all having an impact on fish stocks in the contested waters of the South China Sea. Anthony Bergin takes a look at what Australia could do about it. China’s island-building in the South China Sea […]
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False calm in the South China Sea should lull no one
Benoit Hardy-Chartrand says a year after the Hague ruling, the disputes between China and the other claimant states to territories in the South China Sea appear to have abated, but the underlying tensions remain unchanged Much has changed and much remains the same since the Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled on rivalling claims to […]
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South China Sea concerns flare up as Duterte considers drilling in Beijing’s claims
Manila appears to be testing its relationship with Beijing as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte considers resuming energy exploration in the tension-laden South China Sea. Oil and gas drilling in the Reed Bank, located in the international waterway, has been suspended since 2014. That came after Manila launched an international arbitration case against Beijing over the […]
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S. China Sea ruling: From roaring victory to a whisper
Hague decision’s value lies in its raising of Manila’s leverage On July 12 last year, an arbitral tribunal in The Hague handed the Philippines a sweeping victory in a case it filed challenging China’s expansive claims to the South China Sea. The tribunal struck down China’s “historic rights” to two-thirds of these waters. […]
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Up to the Manilla to assert rights over South China Sea: Lawyer
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey transits the South China Sea May 6, 2017. Tomorrow will be exactly a year since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) awarded the Philippines an important victory in its claims that China were encroaching it territorial integrity. This remains one of the most important lawsuit against […]
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One year after PCA ruling, China must abide by the law
One year ago, on July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) announced that the South China Sea Arbitral Tribunal had issued a unanimous award in favour of the Philippines in the South China Sea (SCS) conflict. The legally binding award has demolished China’s expansive historical claims in the SCS and pointed out […]
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The Geopolitics of the Hague Ruling on the South China Sea Dispute
On 12 July 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration delivered its long-awaited ruling on the protracted dispute between the Philippines and China. The PCA ruled in favor of the Philippines in 14 of its 15 claims against China in the South China Sea. To recap, here are a few of the court’s important findings: […]