China-Philippines Fishing in troubled waters: Defence status as an explanatory factor for Duterte’s soft stance in the West Philippine Sea August 16, 2019 0 Image credit: ‘Rodrigo Duterte ภาพจาก https://commons.wikimedia.org’ by Prachatai is licenced under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. In July 2016, the verdict which…
China China’s Greatness and Taiwan’s Vulnerability January 23, 2019 0 Written by Edward Friedman. Recent threats by the CCP Supreme Leader Xi Jinping to use force in order to annex Taiwan have focused attention on…
Taiwan Coast Guard build-up: Taiwan’s approach to the South China Sea October 23, 2018 0 Written by Wu Shang-Su. Taipei’s expansion of its coast guard fleet with four large offshore patrol vessels (OPV) demonstrates its concerns about Beijing's assertiveness and…
China Why China and Taiwan agree on the South China Sea October 15, 2018 0 Written by Bertil Lintner. If there’s anything China and Taiwan can agree on, it’s that the contested scattered islands in the South China Sea are…
China Tourism as a territorial strategy in the South China Sea June 6, 2018 0 Written by Ian Rowen. The People’s Republic of China has deployed tourism as a tool in its territorial strategy for the South China Sea, reconfiguring…
Indonesia India and Indonesia’s shared maritime imperatives May 29, 2018 0 Written by C. Raja Mohan. Despite their proximity, physical and cultural, the strategic distance between Delhi and Jakarta has been incredibly vast. Barring a brief moment…
Cross-Strait Relations Taiwan’s maritime security in Asia’s contested waters May 28, 2018 3 Written by Andrew Maxey. Last month, the Ministry of National Defence tapped CSBC Corp, who previously produced the 12-vessel Ching Chiang-class of fast attack missile…
China China’s growing naval presence in the Indian Ocean May 17, 2018 1 Written by Pradeep Taneja. Since taking power as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of its Central Military Commission in late…
China Taiwan’s maritime concerns: The Arctic and the South China Sea May 16, 2018 1 Written by Dana S. Trif. The Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) issued in July, 2016 its…
China Getting it Wrong: Chinese Strategy in the South China Sea May 15, 2018 0 Written by Peter Lorge. One of the abiding criticisms of American military policy in the post-Cold War era is that it lacks a strategy. This…
