Diplomatic Relations
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South China Sea: China’s Unfolding Strategic Blueprint For Full-Spectrum Dominance – Analysis
South China Sea has emerged as an explosive regional and global flashpoint endangering the security and stability of the wider Indo Pacific region. This arises mainly from China’s propensity to use force to settle territorial disputes. Paracel Islands under full military occupation of China and Spratlys Islands under partial military occupation of China coupled with […]
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China is a global problem
WE tend to look at China and the territorial dispute we have with them as a bilateral or regional problem. But an examination of the bigger picture may show something different. Maybe you have lived near someone we will call Mr. Nasty Neighbor. A few months ago he got into a shouting match with someone […]
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The danger of Chinese revisionism
US must pursue alternative crisis management mechanisms if Beijing continues to drag its feet Image Credit: This month, China will participate, for the first time, in the US-led Rim of the Pacific naval exercise, better known as Rimpac. Four Chinese navy ships, including a destroyer, are sailing to Hawaii to join 25,000 sailors, 200 aircraft […]
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Where does South Korea Stand on the South China Sea Dispute?
In May the world was jolted to learn that China sank Vietnamese vessels that were trying to stop Beijing from putting an oil rig in the South China Sea (SCS). Along with its vast reserves of untapped natural gas, the South China Sea is also important as a shipping route. The Republic of Korea (ROK), […]
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China and the United States: Destined to cooperate over ‘core interests’
The 21st century will be defined by the relationship between the American superpower and rising China. A new Cold War would threaten the world order while a mutually beneficial association could bring all prosperity. The latter scenario is more likely. The geography, economies, and energy resources of the US and China align their “core interests.” […]
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Why Doesn’t Russia Support China in the South China Sea?
Recently, tensions over maritime disputes in the South China Sea seem to have surpassed even those caused by the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. China and Vietnam are embroiled in their worst political conflict in decades over an oil drilling platform near the Paracel Islands. The resulting anti-China protests in Vietnam brought China-Vietnam relations to a temporary halt. […]
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Roaring on the Seas: China’s Power Grab Is Alarming
Few aspects of China’s dynamic emergence as a global power have generated as much insecurity and danger in its neighborhood as its mounting campaign to control the South China Sea, a vital waterway for international commerce. On Wednesday, at a high-level meeting in Hanoi, China’s top diplomat scolded his Vietnamese hosts for complaining about an […]
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LOVE-HATE TRIANGLE | What is the result of China’s heavy-handedness vis-a-vis Vietnam, PH?
Amado “Bong” Mendoza is a faculty member of the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines (Diliman) and is primarily interested in Philippine politics and political economy. He used to write for Business Day covering the finance beat and the online edition of Inquirer. He now writes regularly for InterAksyon.com. Unfortunately for assertive rising powers like China, might […]
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A National Strategy for the South China Sea
Abstract The United States should develop and promulgate a National Strategy for the South China Sea (NSSCS) as part of its ongoing efforts to counter Chinese aggression in the region and to resolve the disputes there in a peaceful manner. It behooves the United States to shift its current posture in the South China Sea […]