China South China Sea Approach

Recent comments from Chinese officials highlight how Beijing purposefully conflates existing legal terminology with its own extralegal claims.

Beijing appears to have given up its incremental strategy in favor of more sizable power grabs.

For China, the pandemic was more burden than opportunity. 

Vietnam is compensating international oil companies after cancelling their contracts in the dispute region over pressure from China.

Increased aggression from Beijing has sparked more robust responses from Washington and the regional claimant states.

Is China quietly securitizing marine environmental protection in the South China Sea?

Beijing’s continued inroads are unlikely to be reversed unless the most interested parties in the South China Sea work to get past familiar obstacles.

The China-U.S. rivalry in the South China Sea is certainly growing, but war is still some way off.

A view from the USS America on China's actions -- and U.S. reactions -- in the disputed waters.

The competition between major countries will be the biggest threat to stability in the region.

China’s alleged cyberattacks come amid rising sentiments in the Philippines over the South China Sea disputes.