-(USNI 30/01) U.S. Destroyer Challenges More Chinese South China Sea Claims in New Freedom of Navigation Operation: USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) came within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island in the Paracels, without prior notification.
-(CSmonitor 30/01) US warship challenges China. What's the South China Sea strategy?: For the second time, the US has sent a naval vessel into the disputed waters of the South China Sea, challenging China's claims. How exactly does this help?
-(Nationalinterest 29/01) Can China Copy the U.S. Marine Corps?: A superpower can never have too many elite forces.
-(The Hindu 29/01) China’s long game in West Asia: Iran’s strategic location connecting West Asia and Central Asia is key to President Xi’s One Belt, One Road initiative.
-(BBC 28/01) Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou visits disputed South China Sea island: Washington said the trip could exacerbate tensions; (GMAnetwork 28/01) PHL to Taiwan: Don’t increase tensions in the South China Sea
-(Nationalinterest 28/01) Does China Think America Is in Decline?: How Beijing's top "America hands" see their biggest rival.
-(Inquirer 28/01) Australia boosts PH in South China Sea dispute: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop declared that the case would “settle once and for all” whether artificial reefs are entitled to territorial waters.
-(The Diplimat 28/01) US South China Sea FONOPs to Increase in Scope, Complexity: Commander: PACOM commander Harry Harris reveals what the future outlook might be for US FONOPs.
-(Washingtonpost 28/01) Sovereignty, legacy factors in Taiwan leader’s island visit: The move is seen that Ma wants to assert that Itu Aba Island is categorically not a rock, but an island.-(Inquirer 27/01) Nations will respect tribunal on South China Sea: that arbitration will settle once and for all the question of whether or not an artificial reef can create some kind of 12 nautical mile buffer.
-(Reuters 27/01) Taiwan's DPP says president-elect Tsai won't send representative on South China Sea trip, The response came after President Ma Ying-jeou announced he would travel to the island on Thursday.
-(WSJ 26/01) John Kerry Arrives in Beijing After Push to Urge Regional Unity on South China Sea: China’s territorial claims in the disputed waters, including the construction of artificial islands and airstrips, will be a major topic of discussion; (Reuters 26/01) Kerry fails to sway Cambodian leaders on South China Sea.
-(WSWS 26/01) US think tank outlines master plan for war with China: The document calls for a huge military expansion in the Asia Pacific not only by the United States, but also by all of its allies and strategic partners in the region
-(The Australian 26/01) Malcolm Turnbull weighs South China Sea exercises: Both the Americans, and a number of Southeast Asian nations, have communicated to Canberra their support for a separate Australian freedom of navigation exercise.
-(WSWS 26/01) Australia “central” to US plans for war with China: The American strategic establishment views Australia as an essential base and crucial military partner in its criminal and unhinged plans for a war to prevent China posing a challenge to US global domination.
-(RT 25/01) Win-win against Beijing? India, Vietnam strike deal on South China Sea satellite tracking system: Hanoi will have access to data from Indian satellites in the region, which also cover China and the South China Sea.
-(The Diplomat 25/01) Unplanned Encounters in the South China Sea: for the United States, the existence of CUES makes the prospect of increasingly frequent freedom of navigation patrols a more palatable policy option.
-(WSJ 25/01) Beijing’s Next Gambit, the East China Sea: It may be willing to risk an ‘accidental’ incident with Japan knowing Obama has a distaste for conflict.
-(Reuters 25/01) Kerry says Laos keen to avoid militarization of South China Sea
-(Parliament UK 25/01)The South China Sea dispute: January 2016 update: As always, the fear is that a clash or stand-off could inadvertently trigger a larger armed confrontation whose consequences could prove difficult to control
