Tensions around the Spratly and Paracel Islands in the South China Sea (SCS) have been on a rising curve since China’s de facto annexation of Mischief...
At the end of last year, Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies released the 2023 edition of its annual China security report, which focuses...
Which country is Australia’s most important defence partner in Southeast Asia? I’m guessing not many readers of The Strategist would put the Philippines...
A floating restaurant that had operated in Hong Kong’s waters for over four decades capsized and sank as it was being towed by tugs in the South...
Five and a half years on from the international arbitral tribunal’s rejection of China’s expansive South China Sea claims in July 2016, the international...
Barely noticed, but nevertheless of some international legal consequence, is the latest effort by the United States to cast doubt upon the legality...
A new ship has begun operating in and around the Chinese-held Paracel, Zhongsha, and Nansha/Spratly Islands as well as their surrounding reefs, a vast...
An interesting debate has emerged in the pages of The Interpreter involving maritime strategy. Arzan Tarapore wrote an article last month arguing that...
Chinese exercises in the South China Sea last month, and the strong US response, show these disputed waters will not soon be calm. While the focus has...
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