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Sino-Russian Relations Are Still Not an Alliance, but They Are More Than Partnership
Russia’s stake in the wrangle
Located thousands of kilometers away, Russia may look like a full-fledged outsider of this dispute. Still waters run deep. Back in 2016, ... ... ASEAN)—are strong and definite.
Moscow is clearly not interested in claiming any of the disputed waters, islands or reefs of the South China Sea. Still, it pursues its own stake, which is mainly linked to its economic and strategic interests.
Only by going ...
... entire security regime in the Asia Pacific.
Apart from the numerous discussions about the U.S.-China trade war, there is one more rivalry between the two countries that unfolded a long time ago and has recently been intensifying in the waters of the South China Sea (SCS) and in the sea areas adjacent to it.
At the beginning of June 2019, the Pentagon officially presented a
new report
“On the Indo-Pacific Strategy”, in which China was listed among the key U.S. competitors. Calling the People's ...
... reformers, starting with Deng Xiaoping himself, said Singapore was to be imitated in its state governance model).
Things started to take a different turn in 2009, largely due to China conducting a more active policy in regard to the problems in the South China Sea. This complicated China–ASEAN relations somewhat, but it was not the only reason for changes. China set out to consistently expand its political influence on the ASEAN countries. Its greatest success was achieved in deepening its influence ...
Permanent Court’s of Arbitration in The Hague resolution that ruled in favor of the Philippines, which successfully challenged China’s claims to the South China Sea waters, will definitely complicate China’s stance in Southeast Asia. It will bring about additional pressure on China by the United States and Japan on the pretext of “compliance with international law.” Such outcome ...
The decision of the United States to conduct Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) around the artificial islands in the South China Sea, which China uses for justifying her sovereigny claims in this area, has somewhat increased tensions between the two countries. The newspaper Global Times known for its notorious nationalism commented on the employment of the American ...
More ships, high-quality and original
The situation around the South China Sea is developing rapidly. However, asserting unambiguously that territorial disputes between China and the ASEAN countries combined with the regional rivalry between Beijing and Washington are bound to lead to military confrontation is too ...
The latest edition of the annual IISS
Shangri-La Dialogue
conference that took place in Singapore on May 29–31, 2015, showed that the problem of the South China Sea, a little-known, distant and exotic land to Russians, is coming to the fore in both regional and world politics. As a matter of fact, the South China Sea is becoming one of the most important points of tension in the world, perhaps on ...
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pivots on the one central issue that overrides all others: the
perceived threat
from mainland China. Farther south, the
Philippines
and
Vietnam
are involved in something approaching maritime guerilla warfare in order to resist Chinese expansion in the South China Sea. They are
reportedly considering
a formal alliance directed against China.
No shortage of long-festering disputes can be added to this list: the disagreement between Japan and Russia over the
Kurile Islands
, the legacy of North Korea's ...
China, Philippines, Vietnam, USA
The latest developments in the South China Sea conflict between China and the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia have been escalating tensions in the region and affecting the conflict's entire political configuration. The issue is China's decision to deploy maritime policing vessels ...
