Freedom of Navigation
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U.S. Support for the Philippines in the South China Sea
Freedom of Navigation, International Law, laser device incident, Maritime Security, Philippine Coast Guard, PRC Coast Guard, Regional Stability, Second Thomas shoal, South China Sea, U.S.-Philippines relationsThe U.S. condemns China’s use of laser devices against the Philippine Coast Guard in the South China Sea. This provocative action endangered Philippine crewmembers, violated international law, and threatened regional stability and freedom of navigation.
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U.S. Position on Maritime Claims in the South China Sea
Arbitral Tribunal, China, Freedom of Navigation, International Law, maritime claims, nine-dashed line, Philippines, South China Sea, Sovereignty, U.S. positionThe U.S. rejects China’s unlawful South China Sea claims, supporting the 2016 Arbitral Tribunal ruling and advocating for regional sovereignty and international law.
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Why China’s Acceptance of the Ruling Is Material Statement of Justice Antonio T. Carpio
Arbitral Ruling, Benham Rise, China, Freedom of Navigation, International Law, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Maritime Rights, Mischief Reef, Philippines Sovereignty, South China Sea, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOSJustice Antonio T. Carpio discusses the importance of China’s acceptance of the arbitral ruling on the South China Sea, emphasizing its legal binding nature and the implications for the Philippines’ maritime rights and international law enforcement.
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Nations Rally In Defense Of South China Sea Threatened By China’s Nine-Dashed Line, Which Even Chinese Scholars Refute
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, FON, Freedom of Navigation, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, Triton, USANations have begun to rally in defense of “freedom of navigation” around the South China Sea most of which is claimed by a nine-dashed line (initially 11 dashes by a Chinese idealist in 1936). As controversy builds around the issue, prominent Chinese scholars have come forward to debunk this ox-tongue demarcation that a Republic of […]
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Drama and Maneuver in the South China Sea: The US-China Standoff
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Freedom of Navigation, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, Subi Reef, USA, USS LassensExasperation with the FONOP was probably heightened by the fact that the PLA Navy had cleverly conducted its own “innocent passage” exercise through the territorial waters of the Aleutian Islands in September 2015, thereby diminishing the consequences of a close sailby of Subi Reef as a cathartic piece of defiance against PRC aggrandizement in the […]
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Next US Navy South China Sea Freedom of Navigation Operation: Mischief Reef
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Freedom of Navigation, Militarization, Military Conflict, Mischief Reef, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThe U.S. Navy may be gearing up for its second freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea within 12 nautical miles of a Chinese artificial island. Bill Gertz, at the Washington Free Beacon, citing U.S. officials with knowledge of matter, reports that two U.S. Navy warships will sail within 12 nautical miles of […]
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Opinion: USS Lassen’s Transit of Subi Reef Was Not So ‘Innocent’
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Freedom of Navigation, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, Subi Reef, USA, USS LassensUSS Lassen (DDG-82) is underway in the Philippine Sea in 2013. US Navy Photo Much has been made about the recent transit of the USS Lassen (DDG-82) within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef in the South China Sea. To review, that is because China has built an artificial island on top of Subi Reef, […]
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China is building man-made islands in the South China sea. Here’s how they’re doing it
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Freedom of Navigation, Militarization, Military Conflict, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAIn an attempt to lay claim to territory in the South China Sea, China has been building artificial islands and placing artillery and landing strips on them. Neighbouring nations such as Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam have also disputed the sovereignty of lands and waters in the area. Here’s how China is building its man-made islands: […]
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White House Moves to Reassure Allies With South China Sea Patrol, but Quietly
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Freedom of Navigation, Militarization, Military Conflict, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAWASHINGTON — For months, lawmakers and national security hawks have urged President Obama to stand up to China’s land reclamation of disputed islands in the South China Sea. But now that the Obama administration finally has, the White House does not want to talk about it. In sending a guided missile destroyer into waters China […]
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Angry China shadows U.S. warship near man-made islands
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Freedom of Navigation, Militarization, Military Conflict, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAA U.S. guided-missile destroyer sailed close to one of China’s man-made islands in the South China Sea on Tuesday, drawing an angry rebuke from Beijing, which said it had tracked and warned the ship and called in the U.S. ambassador to protest. The USS Lassen’s patrol was the most significant U.S. challenge yet to the […]