The Navy Is Not Ready and It's Our Fault
Ten sailors died and five sustained injuries when USS John S. McCain collided with a 600-foot merchant vessel off the coast of Singapore, east of the Straits of Malacca, on August 20. This is not the...
View ArticleUS Readies Plan to Increase Patrols in South China Sea
WASHINGTON—The Pentagon for the first time has set a schedule of naval patrols in the South China Sea in an attempt to create a more consistent posture to counter China’s maritime claims there,...
View ArticleReport: Pentagon Plans Stepped Up Naval Patrols in South China Seas
The Pentagon is planning to increase naval patrols in the South China Sea, setting a schedule for the first time that would challenge China’s maritime claims, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday....
View ArticleUS Navy to conduct regular naval patrols in South China Sea
The Pentagon is now scheduling naval patrols in the South China Sea in order to establish a more prominent presence in the region as relations between the U.S. and China become more tense. This naval...
View ArticleChina demands Indonesia rescinds decision to rename part of South China Sea
JAKARTA: China has demanded that Indonesia rescinds a decision to rename its maritime area in the southwest part of South China Sea to North Natuna Sea. The Chinese Foreign Ministry sent an official...
View ArticleChina demands Indonesia rescind decision to rename part of South China Sea
JAKARTA: China has demanded that Indonesia rescind a decision to rename its maritime area in the southwest part of South China Sea to North Natuna Sea. The Chinese Foreign Ministry sent an official...
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Wary of North Korea, Japan mulls additional military options
North Korea’s recent test firing of a missile over northern Japan has officials in Tokyo rethinking the country’s long tradition of pacifism. Some Japanese leaders say it’s time for a new approach to...
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'US planning more regular South China Sea patrols'
'US planning more regular South China Sea patrols'Press Trust of IndiaWashington, Sep 2 (AFP) The Pentagon is planning to conduct more regular patrols in the South China Sea — as many as two to three...
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Xi Jinping molds military brass to his advantage
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping is installing loyalists in key People’s Liberation Army positions as he prepares for this fall’s pivotal Communist Party congress. A prime example is Li...
View ArticleUS 'planning more regular' South China Sea patrols
The Pentagon is planning to conduct more regular patrols in the South China Sea – as many as two to three a month – to assert freedom of navigation in disputed waters claimed by China, The Wall Street...
View ArticleReport: US to increase naval patrols in South China Sea
Jiji Press WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — The U.S. Pacific Command plans to increase its freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea to counter excessive maritime claims by China, The Wall...
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Bernaerts’ Guide to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea:...
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View ArticleThe US has not lost the South China Sea
The last two months saw an uptick in tensions in the South China Sea (SCS) following a period of relative calm since the arbitral tribunal at the Hague handed down its historic and sweeping award on...
View ArticleUS sets schedule for S. China Sea patrols for the first time: Report
The United States Pacific Command has, for the first time, developed a schedule for naval patrols in the South China Sea, with plans for freedom of navigation operations (Fonops) two or three times...
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The Law of The Sea: Benefits of Ratification & Accession
Author’s Foreword Oceans are key to sustaining life on the planet. They cover more than 70% of the Earth and they constitute one of the most essential bases for human life, either because of the...
View ArticleAs Violence Intensifies, Israel Continues to Arm Myanmar's Military Junta
The violence directed at Myanmar’s Rohingya minority by the country’s regime has intensified. United Nations data show that about 60,000 members of the minority group have recently fled Myanmar’s...
View ArticleIndia's first woman as Defense Minister in cabinet reshuffle
Three years after coming to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook a significant cabinet reshuffle, bringing in India’s first woman as a defense minister along with an unprecedented number of...
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Sandy Cay: A sandbar of significance
MARIT STINUS-CABUGON WHEN nations were negotiating what would eventually become the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos of 1982), the People’s Republic of China championed the...
View ArticleIndia Gets First Woman Defense Head Since 1982 Amid Border Spats
Nirmala Sitharaman, who was appointed as India’s first woman defense minister in 35 years, will have to deliver on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of modernizing the nation’s Soviet-era military...
View ArticleRisks of fishing in troubled waters
Malaysia’s dramatic burning of two boats caught fishing illegally in its waters highlights how incendiary these matters are getting to be in this region. Taking a cue from Indonesia, where the tactic...
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