China admits deployment of jets to Woody Island, tests ability to keep islands supplied.

China is indeed engaging in lawfare, but the U.S. has done so in a rather sophisticated manner for many years as well.

A new pattern of Chinese bellicosity?

American actions in the region could be viewed as a “threat or use of force.”

China could use threats to block its Spratly bases to bolster their military capabilities.

The Diplomat‘s Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran discuss Philippine foreign policy under Rodrigo Duterte.

Can Duterte make China a workable offer concerning the South China Sea disputes?

The Philippines’ new president needs to tread carefully in negotiating maritime issues.

The admiral’s remarks come amidst a three-day visit by the U.S. Navy’s chief of naval operations to China.

The South China Sea tensions have become the Rorschach Test for China-U.S. relations.

Only “boots on the ground” will secure Vietnam’s national interests in the South China Sea.

After the U.S. FONOPs, how long can China get away with “enforcing” claims it hasn’t made?

The drone prototype will conduct flight tests over the South China Sea in 2016.

The South China Sea problem has been militarized and internationalized: what now?

In the past 20 years, Vietnam has doubled its holdings in the South China Sea.

It's time for the Pentagon to issue a sober and balanced public assessment on the South China Sea territorial disputes.