How Much of an Advantage Is China’s Aircraft Carrier?
After three years of training, Beijing has announced that its aircraft carrier Liaoning and attached air units are ready for operation. Although the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has formidable air...
View ArticleJapan Reveals First ASEAN Defense Initiative With ‘Vientiane Vision’
Tokyo reveals a new initiative to advance security cooperation with the regional bloc. Last week, Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada unveiled a new defense initiative for ASEAN following her...
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Typhoon Tokage to bring heavy rain, wind to central Vietnam this weekend
By Pham Huong  November 26, 2016 | 12:28 pm GMT+7 Coastal provinces should expect some wet days ahead. A tropical depression has strengthened into a storm and is now moving closer to Vietnam,...
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Duterte's undermining of ASEAN
Author: David Camroux, Sciences Po (CERI) If the main foreign policy objective of Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte was to make his archipelagic nation the centre of international relations...
View ArticleTaiping Island drills due to begin
The Coast Guard Administration and the Ministry of National Defense plan to conduct humanitarian rescue exercises on Itu Aba Island (Taiping Island, 太平島) tomorrow, as part of President Tsai Ing-wen’s...
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Pakistan Names New Military Leader
Photo Lt. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa will lead Pakistan’s army, succeeding Gen. Raheel Sharif. Credit Muhammad Yousuf/Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan on...
View ArticleChina eyes 'wholesale' access for PH at Panatag
FOLLOWING the Philippines’ efforts to mend ties with China, a Chinese academic and government adviser has disclosed that Filipino fishermen could soon be granted full access to the disputed Panatag...
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China to make documentary on South China Sea ecology
A documentary on the marine ecology of the South China Sea is to be produced, local sources said on Saturday. Production of the documentary, currently known as “Beautiful South China Sea, My Home,”...
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Typhoon Tokage lays course for central Vietnam
By VnExpress  November 27, 2016 | 12:12 pm GMT+7 The typhoon may trigger downpours, floods and landslides in the central region. Typhoon Tokage entered the East Sea, internationally referred...
View ArticleChina’s Air Defence Identification Zone: Building Security through Lawfare
Authors: Matthias Vanhullebusch and Wei Shen The China Review, Vol. 16, No. 1 (February 2016), 121–150 Abstract: China’s establishment of its Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) is yet another...
View ArticleChinese Think Tank Recommends Air Defense Identification Zone to Counter U.S....
By Bloomberg News 25 November 2016 American military vessels and aircraft carried out more than 700 patrols in the South China Sea region during 2015, making China the U.S.’s No. 1 surveillance...
View ArticleAzerbaijan downs Armenian drone on conflict frontline
World Bulletin / News Desk Azerbaijani troops shot down an Armenian drone which crossed the line of contact between the two countries’ forces, the defense ministry in Baku said on Sunday. According to...
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China considers granting Philippines access to disputed shoal – adviser
Fishermen prepare to fish at disputed Scarborough Shoal, November 3, 2016. Photo by Reuters/Erik De Castro ‘A wholesale bilateral fishing industry deal is still being discussed, an agreement has not...
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South China Sea, investment schemes and Beijing ties … what to watch during...
The Prime Minister of Laos, Thongloun Sisoulith, begins a four-day visit to China on Monday. It will be his first official visit to the mainland since he became prime minister in April. He will meet...
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South China Sea War: US Expands Presence In Disputed Territory As Philippines...
Morning News USA South China Sea War: US Expands Presence In Disputed Territory As Philippines Build SeaportMorning News USAHowever, the planned seaport might provoke a reaction from China, which has...
View ArticleJapan probes report of alleged state-backed cyber attack on military
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – Japan is investigating a report that a high-level cyber attack in September – possibly involving a state actor – may have stolen information from an internal military computer...
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Five fishermen missing, last seen near Scarborough Shoal
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Typhoon Tokage to be weakened into tropical low pressure
The Vietnam Hydrology Meteorology Forecasting Center and Hydrology Meteorological Forecasting Center of Asia- Pacific Region reported that the ninth storm hitting Vietnam this season- Tokage will...
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Mixed Signs for Foreign Military Sales Under Trump
WASHINGTON AND PARIS — Foreign military sales (FMS) are a critical foreign policy tool, one used to bind partners to America while bolstering interoperability on US systems — and providing a boost to...
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Vietnam Taking Long-Term Hard Line Toward China on Maritime Claims
TAIPEI — Vietnam is lengthening a military runway on a tiny islet to help hold off a larger, more aggressive China for control in Asia’s widest-reaching sovereignty dispute as other claimants keep...
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