An arbitration court’s ruling on China and the Philippines’ dispute over the South China Sea is imminent. An arbitration court hearing the dispute between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea will deliver its decision on July 12, it says. The Philippines has asked the Netherlands-based court to rule in the case, which […]

A combined formation of aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 pass in formation above the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Philippine Sea on June 18, 2016. Reuters WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has told Chinese officials that Washington will […]

In his first cabinet meeting after taking his oath as president on June 30, Rodrigo Duterte slid into his most comfortable mode: rambling on about ways to cut red tape for the poor and setting up a 24-hour hotline for complaints that would directly come to his attention. But Duterte was upstaged by his foreign […]

lurking behind China’s contempt of both the Philippines’ case and increased U.S. support for its long time mutual defense treaty partner and former Commonwealth is a disdain for U.S. hegemony. The Chinese government has created a no-win situation for itself in the South China Sea from which there will be little retreat. Hong reiterated that […]