2018/02/17 |
The Indian Ocean Base Race Heats Up
The Indian navy has just been granted access to an Omani base close to the Persian Gulf.
2018/02/19 |
Duterte Orders Navy to Fire on Illegal Foreign Fishing Vessels
Malaysia and Indonesia routinely vacate and sink foreign fishing boats.
2018/02/24 |
OPINION: Cross-Strait Aviation Tensions Have 'Implications Beyond Taiwan'
Contrary to Beijing’s vague claim, there is apparently no direct communication between air traffic control systems in Taiwan and China.
2018/02/26 |
OPINION: Why Taiwan Should Be Terrified of 'Emperor' Xi
Xi Jinping's most recent moves to consolidate power should make China's neighbors —and the world — very nervous.
2018/02/28 |
OPINION: Taiwan Lost the Strait Aviation Dispute
China's military and its aviation companies are the obvious winners in the conflict, which played well to domestic audiences on both sides of the Strait.
2018/03/02 |
OPINION: US Must Supplement Might with Statecraft in Asia-Pacific
Without a coherent trade policy to back it up, Pacific nations may well regard US muscle flexing as an anxious superpower’s unsustainable effort to contain China.
2018/03/06 |
Taiwan's Struggle for All-Volunteer Force and the Civil-Military Divide
As Taiwan transitions to an all-volunteer armed force, the military must do more to build troop morale and public support.
2018/03/09 |
What has China Learned from Past Amphibious Assaults?
The PLA's successes and failures in assaulting Xiamen, Kinmen and Hainan in 1949 and 1950 hold lessons for a potential invasion of Taiwan.
2018/03/16 |
The Skinny on the China vs Taiwan M503 Air Route Saga
The tit for tat dispute has its roots in messy rules over airspace control.
2018/03/17 |
Policing the Pirates in Southeast Asia
ASEAN must work together to combat increasing piracy in the Strait of Malacca.
2018/03/20 |
China Quietly Announces New Aid Agency
Details about the precise role and structure of an independent Chinese aid agency are yet to be released.
2018/03/20 |
OPINION: The Crimes of My Lai Must Be Remembered
'If Americans remember that name at all, they most likely remember that something dark and awful happened there.'
2018/03/21 |
OPINION: India and Vietnam Make Natural Allies
The two share a common goal – countering China's influence.
2018/03/23 |
OPINION: Taiwan Has No Reason to Fear the Liaoning
China's aircraft carrier is little more than a paper tiger, Euan Graham writes.
2018/03/24 |
OPINION: Trump's Nuclear Posture Is a Farewell to Arms Control
The Nuclear Posture Review puts to bed the fiction that nuclear weapons are for rogue states and reinvigorates an arms race with China and Russia.
2018/03/25 |
There Are Many Obstacles to a Trump-Kim Summit
Let’s face it – it’s probably not going to happen.
2018/04/01 |
Week in Focus: Kim's Secret Visit to China, Airbnb Share Users' Privacy with Chinese Authorities
A weekly roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2018/04/01 |
Bolton Appointment as NSA Sees US Call Time on China’s Free Ride
The trilateral relationship between the U.S., China and Taiwan is entering a new phase.