China will want to test the Trump administration’s commitment to the US-Philippines alliance, says an ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute academic.

The South China Sea remains one of the world’s most volatile geopolitical hotspots, with escalating tensions and territorial ...

Daniel Russel is vice-president of International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI). A veteran diplomat, he focused on the US' Asian affairs for decades and played a ...

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

Analysts say the move could be part of China's strategy 'to take Taiwan without a fight' and a Miyako Strait blockade would ...

Recent movements by Chinese naval vessels have sparked fears in Japan of a potential naval blockade near Okinawa in the East ...

MANILA, Philippines — One of the biggest lessons that Vietnam has learned about China’s expansionism in the South China Sea is indisputable — the Asian behemoth does not discriminate in its ...

Since Lai took office, China has intensified its military and economic coercion against Taiwan, including ... within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The upcoming Trump ...

China says a plan by the Philippines to deploy midrange missiles would be a provocative move that stokes regional tensions ...

China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia ... vessels to operate in China's two-hundred-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ). These tensions are shaping—and being shaped by—rising apprehensions about ...

The Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam also claim parts of the sea. They are concerned China's expansive claim encroaches into their exclusive economic zones (EEZ), non-territorial ...

China accused the Philippines on Friday of having “provoked trouble” in the South China Sea with US backing, a week after Beijing and Manila traded accusations over a new confrontation in the disputed ...