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Assessing China’s Crop Success in the South China Sea

By Hoang Do

July 30, 2020

China recently announced that it had successfully cultivated vegetables on Woody Island to meet food demand. But this crop serves more than a nutritional purpose.

Philippine Fulcrum

By Aaron Kelly, Michael Tkacik

January 23, 2020

To strengthen its position in the Philippines and thus in the first island chain, the United States must achieve two key goals: diversify its diplomatic engagement with Manila and coordinate military resources and strategy.

Duterte’s Evolving South China Sea Policy

By Aileen S.P. Baviera

January 25, 2018

Philippine policy on the South China Sea under Duterte is clearly still evolving, and efforts to seek a correct balance between a principled nationalist stand and more pragmatic objectives are bound to encounter many tests.

A Third Way for the US in the South China Sea

By Vu Quang Tiep & Le Thu Ha

October 12, 2017

Washington should think beyond the dyad of containment and appeasement. The struggle for a rule-based order in South China Sea is enduring and comprehensive, which requires greater persistence and stronger engagements on the part of the US and other regional countries.

China’s ‘New Thinking’ of the East China Sea Dispute

By Jian Zhang

July 7, 2017

Recent developments in the East China Sea foreshadow a long-term trend of confrontation between the two great Asian powers which, if not properly managed, could upset regional stability in a catastrophic manner.

China and the rules of engagement in Antarctica

By Julia Jabour

April 25, 2017

Chinese repudiation of the rule of law in the Philippines v. China case resulted in, among other things, speculation about the country’s perceived – or real – interests and activities in Antarctica, where Australia has significant investment, and where respecting the ...

Prepare for a Stormy 2017 in the South China Sea

By Gregory Poling

January 17, 2017

The desire to see Chinese diplomatic softening as a sign of a new status quo is understandable, and it is important that the door be left open for Beijing to deescalate. But China’s recent behavior should be seen as the best ...

The geopolitics of US-China naval rivalry in the Western Pacific

By Leszek Buszynski

November 14, 2016

For China, naval strategy is a means to force the US to adjust its geopolitical position in the Western Pacific to accommodate its rise. The Chinese intention is to edge the US out of the Western Pacific and to dislodge it ...