South East Asia

  • Sea Row Tops ASEAN Agenda

    During a press briefing in the capital, officials outlined Brunei’s political and security priorities as it takes the helm of ASEAN for the second time. Sea row tops ASEAN agenda […]

  • Pacific Pivot Spikes Arms Sales

    As the region remains jittery following a year of maritime territorial disputes and nuclear rocket launches, American arms transfer agreements to Asia continue to boom. U.S. arms sales to Asia […]

  • N. Korea Presses S. Korea for Stance

    As the next South Korean Government readies itself to take over, North Korea presses it to define its stance toward the disputed maritime border. N. Korea presses next S. Korean […]

  • South China Sea cooperation

    In this article three scholars examine how regional development can be achieved if cooperation over resources in the South China Sea is pushed despite dispute. New drivers needed to move […]

  • PH, Vietnam to hold bilateral cooperation meeting

    MANILA, Philippines – Officials from the Philippines and Vietnam met on Friday and talked about preparations for the 7th Joint Commission Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) to be held next year, which […]

  • US to help PH gain credible defense

    The US will provide troops, equipment and training as part of the implementation of Manila and Washington’s 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty and the Visiting Forces Agreement. US to help PH gain […]

  • Japan Scrambles Jets

    In an escalation of tensions, Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after a Chinese government plane entered airspace over disputed islets in the East China Sea. Japan scrambles jets as Chinese […]

  • South China Sea: Compulsory Arbitration?

    China’s new regulations allowing the seizure of foreign vessels acting illegally in its claimed territorial sea in the South China Sea may accord with international law, but they might also […]

  • Trespassers will be Prosecuted

    What do the new maritime regulations passed by the Hainan Peoples Congress in China mean for innocent ships, and what defines illegality in disputed waters? Trespassers will be Prosecuted: China’s […]

  • India’s Ocean

    As India continues to grow it’s naval force, could it be a viable opposition to China’s unbending will in the South China Sea and beyond? Could New Delhi’s growing naval […]