The South China Sea remains one of the world most volatile geopolitical hotspots with escalating tensions and territorial disputes involving China and its ne ...

In April 2024, a spokesman for former president Rodrigo Duterte suggested that the Philippines and China had entered into an ...

The South China Sea has become one of the world’s most perilous geopolitical hot spots in recent years, with China stepping ...

June 17 clash at Second Thomas Shoal, China’s grey-zone activities among Philippines’ challenges as it sought to boost defence in disputed sea.

China and Vietnam convened their first-ever “3+3 strategic dialogue“-a mechanism unprecedented in both nations' diplomacy. </ ...

This 2024, the world has been a witness to numerous tensions between claimant-countries, shifting alliances, and calls for a ...

China's efforts to put more pressure on the Philippines over a disputed atoll in the Sea could prove an early test for ...

I ndia and the Philippines may be thousands of kilometres apart, but their shared maritime concerns, particularly China’s ...

If China lowers the threshold of what Vietnamese activities it deems acceptable, Vietnam will find it more difficult to ...

Two weeks ago China rammed a Philippine coastguard cutter on another shoal, tearing a gap in its hull. Such confrontations ...

China's often-used bilateral consultation mechanism doesn't always work, but it does help defuse conflicts, experts say Despite their ongoing rivalry over the South China Sea, Malaysia and China ...

The Philippines' proximity and claims to key features of the SCS, such as the Spratly Islands, specifically Second Thomas Shoal (locally known as Ayungin ... outpost of the US and its proxy/pawn in ...