Weekly News 13/3-19/3

-(PhilStar 17/3) China plans station on disputed South China Sea shoal: A local Chinese government says it plans to build an environmental monitoring station Scarborough Shoal. -(US Senate 15/3) Rubio, Cardin Introduce Bill Targeting Chinese Aggression in SCS

13/03/2017

Weekly Bulletin 6/3-12/3

China: South China Sea's Code of Conduct draft ready; PH commissions third of 10 patrol ships from Japan; Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay dumped for lying; Australia says no plan for joint South China Sea patrols with Indonesia…

13/03/2017

A New Washington Naval Conference Could Prevent a Deadly South China Sea Showdown

Since the turn of the century political scientists and historians have been warning us about a new Thuycidean trap in which a rising power confronts a declining power. In this scenario, China would play the role of Wilhelmine Germany during the early twentieth century.

12/03/2017

Weekly News 6/3-12/3

-(Reuters 8/3) China says first draft of South China Sea code of conduct ready, adding tension in the waterway had eased notably. -(GMA Network 8/3) Australia says no plan for joint South China Sea patrols with Indonesia, despite his country aimed to work more closely with Indonesia over maritime security.

08/03/2017

Tracking Compliance with the SCS Arbitral Award: China’s 2017 Summer Fishing Moratorium May Rekindle Conflict with the Philippines

Last week, Chinese media reported that the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has promulgated a summer fishing moratorium that includes many parts of the South China Sea.

07/03/2017

Weekly Bulletin 27/2-5/3

China to build first underwater platform in South China Sea; Taiwan to strengthen its presence in the South China Sea; Vietnam rejects China’s new fishing regulations; Trump budget plan boosts Pentagon…

06/03/2017

Weekly News 27/2-5/3

-(The Diplomat 2/3) The Philippines' South China Sea Flip-Flop: The Duterte administration’s inconsistent approach toward the disputes is making diplomacy even more difficult. -(Reuters 1/3) Is Beijing outflanking the United States in the South China Sea? Some military experts project that within a little more than a decade, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy may have more warships than Washington...

02/03/2017

The Philippines' South China Sea Flip-Flop

The past year has been a wild ride for China-Philippines relations, pegged around developments in their dispute over reefs and waters in the South China Sea.

02/03/2017

Weekly Bulletin 20/2-26/2

China builds new aircraft carrier; China oppose US aircraft carrier group’s operations in the South China Sea; Vietnam, Philippines forge stronger partnership; Indonesia to raise prospect of joint patrols with Australia in South China Sea…

28/02/2017

Weekly Bulletin 13/2-19/2

US, Thailand launched 2017 Cobra Gold military exercises; China wraps up exercise with three warships in South China Sea; U.S. carrier group patrols in tense South China Sea; Japanese war ships dock at Cambodian port…

21/02/2017