China has accused the US of "stirring up trouble" in the South China Sea in a fresh bid to stake claim to miles of ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. struck a more diplomatic tone on the South China Sea dispute during his state of the nation ...

During a June 17 speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Adm ...

This likely reflects divergent priorities—in Southeast Asia, China’s economic dominance is already a fact of life and, unlike ...

The U.S. Navy plans to build two facilities in the Philippines for repairing and maintaining Philippine military boats. The U ...

Tensions simmer in the South China Sea as ASEAN pushes forward with a long-delayed Code of Conduct aimed at preventing conflict in one of the world’s most strategic maritime corridors. In a pivotal ...

Washington and Manila support regional and global security by increasing readiness and strengthening deterrence, the U.S.

Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines have all attempted to counter Chinese claims to waters within their exclusive economic ...

China claims sovereignty of virtually all of the South China Sea. The country has aggressively tried to fortify its foothold by turning seven mostly submerged reefs into island outposts, some with ...

Dotted with small islands, reefs and shoals, the South China Sea is home to a string of messy territorial disputes that pit multiple countries against each other. China’s “nine-dash line ...

Together, allied nations should encourage China to support an open and free global commons today in the South China Sea. This article by Jeff Becker first appeared in The Strategist on July 21, 2020.

The South China Sea is home to rich natural resources and half of all global shipborne trade: some $5 trillion a year in oil, food, iPhones and more.