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South China Sea
US, Japan, India, and Australia Hold Working-Level Quadrilateral Meeting on Regional Cooperation
By Ankit Panda
The 'Quad' is back.
Trump's Trip to China: Poor Optics and Missed Opportunities
By Ankit Panda
Trump's visit merely papered over the cracks of the huge issues dividing the two superpowers.
Quantum Communications and Chinese SSBN Strategy
By Raymond Wang
China's quantum lead may have important implications for its SSBN force.
Welcome to the Xi Jinping Show: Chinese Foreign Policy After the 19th Party Congress
By Ankit Panda
China's foreign policy can be expected to remain assertive as it grows increasingly ambitious under Xi Jinping.
Trump Goes to Asia: Everything You Need to Know
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
Donald Trump goes to Asia for the first time as president. What can we expect?
South China Sea: Fourth US FONOP in Five Months Suggests a New Operational Rhythm
By Ankit Panda
The Trump administration has accepted a higher pace of freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea.
China, US Both Using Lawfare in the South China Sea
By Mark J. Valencia
China is indeed engaging in lawfare, but the U.S. has done so in a rather sophisticated manner for many years as well.
South China Sea: Philippines Plans Spratly Upgrades
By Ankit Panda
The Philippines Armed Forces will upgrade the airstrip on Thitu Island, among other improvement.
A Path Towards Environmental Management in the South China Sea
By South China Sea Expert Working Group
A blueprint for fisheries management and environmental cooperation.
A FONOP Schedule in the South China Sea: What Next?
By Ankit Panda
How can regularized FONOPs benefit U.S. interests in the South China Sea?
Finally, Strategic Clarity in the South China Sea. Is the Taiwan Strait Next?
By Joseph Bosco
Routine FONOPS in the South China Sea are long overdue -- as are Taiwan Strait passages.
America, China and the South China Sea: False Premises and Wishful Thinking
By Mark J. Valencia
Like other rising great powers before it, China wants to bend the international system to further its national interests.