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Keeping a low profile does not necessarily mean indifference Troubled waters in South China Sea The waters of the South China Sea are troubled. The latest weeks have not been that quiet in that geopolitical area. On the one side, the Spratly Islands continue to be under the spotlight , as Chinese vessels have been detected by the ...
... observers wondering what was behind Xi's silence. "Xi can't fail to be impressed by Trump's resolve. Xi will have to reassess what the Trump presidency means for Chinese interests in East Asia, particularly North Korea and the South China Sea," Australian military analyst Alan Dupont suggested, as cited by the New York Times. Malaysian geopolitical analyst Mathew Maavak commented on the matter in his recent interview with Sputnik. "I think Xi must have quietly ...
A Legal Imbroglio in the South China Sea A more concise version of this article was published as a CCTV Panview Oped. The rhetorical war between the China and the United States over the South China Sea dispute is increasing in tempo and magnitude by the week. The US is wasting ...
... diplomatic rhetoric. It took decades for Malaysia to resolve a territorial dispute with both Indonesia (Ligatan and Sipadan Islands) and Singapore (Pedra Branca). It's not just China that is laying claim to contested waters or islands in the South China Sea. Many ASEAN nations have similar disputes among themselves. But again, the Western media mendaciously depicts these disputes as a China vs ASEAN affair. Panview: Can we expect ASEAN to play a larger diplomatic role in the Asia-Pacific region? What is the future of the Asia-Pacific region? Maavak: Southeast Asia is a colorful tapestry weaved by aeons of indigenous cultures as well as civilizational strands from China and India. By virtue of being bridges between both ...
Experts and diplomats from the US, Europe and Asia took part in the 7th South China Sea International Conference “ Cooperation for Regional Security and Development ” that took place in Vietnam’s Vung Tau city on November 23-24, 2015. The conference discussed the impact of key trends in the global development ...
.... It is unanswerable. Sophisticated defense analysts recognize this. Thus, most contemporary policy punditry on a potential Asia-Pacific conflict focuses on what has come to be called an "anti-access / area-denial" (A2/AD) scenario. The supposed ... ... combination of land-based missiles, new island bases, and an expanded PLA Navy to deny American and allied forces access to the South China Sea. This sounds quite ominous in the abstract but quite silly in the specifics. China closing the South China Sea ...
Despite efforts of certain states, territorial disputes in the South China Sea are becoming increasingly internationalized. Their possible outcomes and major global actors’ interests were discussed at the conference “Security and Cooperation in the South China Sea” held in Radisson Slavyanskaya ...
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