South China Sea Dispute
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Indonesia Hints at South China Sea Litigation
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Arbitration, Artificial Islands, China, Indonesia, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, UNCLOS, USACould we be witnessing a legal cascade in the South China Sea? Most states with claims have thus far eschewed formal legal challenges to China, but that could be changing. In the wake of the Philippines’ legal victory against China (if only on jurisdictional questions), Indonesia’s security chief has suggested that his country might also […]
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How Washington Can Get Back on Course in the South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAAfter finally making a sensible move in the South China Sea, the Obama administration blew it at the last moment. In late October, the Aegis destroyer USS Lassen, a vessel optimized for air and missile defense, cruised past the Subi Reef, located more than 500 miles from China’s Hainan Island. Subi is one of the […]
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MARITIME DISPUTE ARBITRAL HEARING UP
Arbitration, China, Hague, Lawfare, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Philippines, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOSTHE Netherlands-based Permanent Court of Arbitration has set on Nov. 24 the start of the hearing on the merits of the Philippines’ arbitration case against China’s sweeping claim over nearly the entire South China Sea, even as Manila vowed to pursue the case to the end. Foreign Affairs spokesman DFA spokesman Charles Jose said the […]
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Indonesia Ups The Ante In Disputed South China Sea, Oil And Gas Lurks In The Background
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Indonesia, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAOpinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Activists hold a protest in front of the Chinese Consular Office in Manila on Jun. 12. The protesters shouted slogans against China’s reclamation and construction activities on islands and reefs in the Spratly Group of the South China Sea. (NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) The noose finally appears to […]
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China’s Southeast Asia Policy Is Failing
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThe Chinese government prides itself on its foreign policy acumen and strategic thinking, but it’s been a rough few weeks for Chinese foreign policy in Southeast Asia. With the U.S. freedom of navigation operation, the ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague on the Philippine suit, Beijing’s bullying within ASEAN, the hollow […]
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China says Philippines must heal rift over South China Sea as Indonesia speaks out
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAPhilippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario shakes hands with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila . View photo Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario (L) shakes hands with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister … By Sui-Lee Wee and Manuel Mogato BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi […]
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China’s Great South China Sea Challenge: What Next and How to Respond
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAChina’s land reclamation in the South China Sea has generated concern across Asia about China’s challenge to U.S. strategic primacy in the Western Pacific. The U.S. has belatedly responded to this challenge with a single ‘Freedom of Navigation’ operation (FONOP) that saw the deployment of the USS Lassen within the 12nm limit of Subi Reef […]
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Philippines, China: No sea row talks at APEC
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAPresident Aquino welcomes Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at Malacañang yesterday. Kriz John Rosales Noy vows warm welcome for Chinese leader MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines and China have agreed to avoid discussions on rising tensions in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea during next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Manila. […]
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Abe to raise South China Sea issues at G-20, other global meetings
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, APEC, Artificial Islands, China, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAPrime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to raise issues concerning the South China Sea at international meetings in coming weeks involving the Group of 20 major countries, and Southeast Asian nations and their dialogue partners. “The rule of law should be carried out to preserve the open, free and peaceful sea,” Abe said during a speech […]
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Science and Politics in the South China Sea
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, Artificial Islands, China, Ecocide, Ecology, Environmental Impact, Militarization, Military Conflict, Philippines, Reclamation, Regular Patrols, Research, Science, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USAThis past summer, a scientific research vessel from the Philippines was crewed and provisioned, ready to set sail to the heart of the South China Sea to survey coral reefs, collect coral, fish, and other samples, and measure rising ocean temperatures. Then the Philippine government called it off—rising geopolitical tensions had scuttled the trip. Scattered […]