Despite difficult issues facing the United States in East Asia, the former top U.S. diplomat for Asian affairs remains confident that America can, and will, continue to lead in the region. However, Kurt Campbell, the former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, expressed concern regarding a setback in Congress on trade […]
The U.S. finds China’s efforts to build military facilities on reclaimed South China Sea islands “troubling” and plans to raise the issue during annual talks in Washington this month, a top State Department official said. Daniel Russel, assistant U.S. secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, was responding to a Chinese statement Tuesday, […]
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – Unlike in the past two years, fewer Filipinos support the Philippines’ moves in its dispute with China over Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), a recent survey showed. In a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey published Thursday, June 18, around 49% of respondents said they […]
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SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – Unlike in the past two years, fewer Filipinos support the Philippines’ moves in its dispute with China over Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), a recent survey showed. In a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey published Thursday, June 18, around 49% of respondents said they […]
The Institute for Maritime and Ocean Affairs (IMOA) had the distinct honor to nominate Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio of the Supreme Court of the Philippines for the UPAA Distinguished Alumni Award for Nationalism and International Law. The nomination was submitted last January 27, 2015 to the University of the Philippines Alumni Association Committee […]
Satellite imagery from June 5, 2015 shows China has expanded its land fill of Subi Reef by 74 percent in less than two months, adding an average of eight acres of surface per day on that reef alone. Mischief Reef, larger than Subi, is now more than half filled in, according to a June 9, […]
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/210844936″ params=”color=da161f” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Why do you consider the South China Sea one of the world’s more important pieces of geo-political real estate? The South China Sea is to China what the Greater Caribbean was to the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The United States became a great […]
MANILA — Maritime security experts attending a symposium hosted by the Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS) agreed Monday that freedom of navigation and overflight in the East and South China seas should be assured. The symposium, titled “Towards Common Actions on Maritime Commons — Safeguarding Maritime Security in Asia through Regional Cooperation,” was cohosted […]